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 woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

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 .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .