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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .