If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .