ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another. The cubs reveal their sweet sibling bond by wrapping their arms around each other. Italian photographer Alberto Ghizzi Panizza captured the special moment in the Bavarian Forest in Bavaria, Germany. The 39-year-old, of Parma, Italy, says: “Bears, especially young ones, are very playful and curious.
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 .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
This Robin Reliant appears to have taken a wrong turn after it ended up 15 feet high up in a TREE .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .