THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory. The series of vertical panoramas showcase the buildings’ stunning patterns and designs. It was the intention of travel photographer Richard Silver to capture the often overlooked ceiling. The New York native says: ‘Much of the beauty in churches is above you. ‘I wanted to make people look at things in a new way.
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .