A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
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 .
Ornate chandeliers and mahogany panelling give a glimpse into this abandoned building's former glory after it's been left to rot for the past decade .
A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .