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.
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
