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 woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life .
A woman has revealed how cruel bullies taunted her daily at school, calling her names like 'pig nose' and 'no nose' .
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .