An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

A "supermoon" rises this weekend .

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .