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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .