These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

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

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

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

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

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

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .

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

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .