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 .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

AFTER splashing out on sexy black lingerie, Paige Way was excited for a romantic night away at a swanky hotel with her boyfriend .

SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .