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 .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

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

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .

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

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .