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."
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
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 diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .