PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session. These coastal brown bears gather for the sockeye salmon, who are attempting to get to their natal spawning ground. The giant fur-balls can eat up to 168 lbs of the protein-rich fish in a single day, providing them with the fat reserves they need to survive the winter hibernation.
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .
A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .