LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

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

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A TSUNAMI of predatory fish gather for their annual hunt .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .