A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach. Lying on the sand, the seal gazes down at her fluffy baby as it playfully wriggles around underneath her flipper. The heart-warming scene was captured by 46-year-old photographer Elmar Weiss on a beach in Heligoland, Germany. Elmar, of Hamburg, Germany says: "I have never seen such a loving bond between a seal and her baby before...
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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 .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .