A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post. These adorable photographs of two playful bear cubs and their watchful mum were captured by American nature photographer D. Robert Franz, 56, on a visit to Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. 'What we see in these photographs is the interaction between the mother brown bear and her two cubs,' says D. Robert, of Cody, Wyoming.
Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .
This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .
A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A mother is living in fear after the stalker she holds responsible for her daughter's death is back on the streets, after serving just one year in prison .
A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .