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 panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .

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

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .