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.
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
