POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline.Exploding from the looming clouds, the flashes of lightning create an impressive display for the residents of Sassari, a city on the island of Sardinia, which sits to the west of Italy.Watching as bolts of lightning hit the Mediterranean Sea, photographer and student Daniele Macis stood on his rooftop and captured the phenomenon that took place earlier this month.
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
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 .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .