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 project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
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 .