BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .