One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .

WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .

AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

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 survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .