Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
