DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

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 .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .