A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
