A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING. 52-year-old Andrew Knox, confessed to Carole, 50, when she discovered his stash of skimpy hot pants and pole fitness DVDs at their home in Felixstowe, Suffolk. Determined to improve his health and get fit, Andrew took up pole classes, but did not tell wife Carole, fearing she would demand he hang up his hot pants. Andrew says: "I knew it was an unusual form of fitness and I was worried about what she might think."
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the 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 .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
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 .