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.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
