FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

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 .

Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .