A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .