A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

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

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .

A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .

A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .