It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .

A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .