Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .

Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .