Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion. The adorable rodent, which is just 55mm long, is dwarfed by the flower and covered with dandelion seeds. The harvest mouse was photographed by maintenance engineer Martin Snelson when he visited a farm in Ashton-in-Makerfield and spotted the curious creature.
A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .
From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .