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
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .