If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .