GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .