Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A curious clownfish peaks through the tentacles of a sea anemone .