PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

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 couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

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