PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .

SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .