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 at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
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 .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .