LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .

A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .

A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .

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

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .