If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

CONTRACT CANCELLED, DO NOT SYNDICATE .

When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

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

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .