STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .

A schoolboy is the envy of his friends due to a one in 14-million condition which means he can only eat FRY-UPS to survive .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .

An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .

TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .