It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .

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

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

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 .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .