More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham. The whole of Britain has been warned to expect more storms towards the end of the week, with ground conditions in the wake of previous bad weather making more flooding all but inevitable. The Met Office has now issued a severe weather warning for rain and snow on Friday, going into the weekend, and issued a statement saying: 'The public should be aware of possible disruption, primarily due to further flooding, chiefly in areas already, or recently, affected'.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .