LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

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

Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .