Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

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 .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

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

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

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