A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .

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

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

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

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .