A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .

POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

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