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
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .