FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

A miracle baby born with half-a-heart will make this Mother's Day extra special for her mum - as she was given just 24 hours to live .

A 23st woman who was left humiliated after breaking a TOILET SEAT has lost an incredible 11st .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .