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
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .