AERIALS OF FLOODING ON SOMERSET LEVELS

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

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DARK DISNEY

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OUT OF THIS WORLD PLANET CAKES

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IN FLIGHT MEAL

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CHEEKY GORILLA

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BOSTON BOMBING AFTERMATH - 17TH APRIL

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FROG FRIENDS

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF INDIANS

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N-ICE DAY FOR A CLIMB

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OUT-STANDING FIREFIGHTER BREAKS ENDURANCE WORLD RECORD

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SLAM DUNK DA FISH

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ABANDONED FARM HOUSE LEFT TO ROT

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .