An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

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

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .