With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .