PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

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 .