SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .