WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .

FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .

Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .