Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums. Rather than showcasing skimpy outfits or the latest celebrity crushes, the Women of Strength 2014 calendar celebrates inspirational mums from across the UK. These are women who have overcome illness, domestic violence and disabilities to raise their children. The calendar has been created by single mum Dawn Cousins, 39, and all proceeds will go to Mothers 2 Mothers, an international charity helping to prevent paediatric AIDS in Africa. The mum of four from Harrow, London, said she was inspired to create the calendar to empower mums.
Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .