Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .