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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .