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.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
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A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
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A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
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A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .