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.
A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .
A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
Hot Air Balloon tour across Cappadocia, Turkey – With the sun rising in the distance and the spectacular landscapes below, these are the breathtaking views afforded from a hot air balloon flight in Turkey .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
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 .