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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .