A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

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 .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .