Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

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

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

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 .

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 .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .