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 .

Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .

A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

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