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 .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A woman has released pictures of the horrific injuries she suffered when her jealous ex attacked her with a brick .

HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .