The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

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

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .

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

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

A TSUNAMI of predatory fish gather for their annual hunt .

A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .

A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .