LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

Whether they’re sharing a bath or snuggled up during a nap, a baby and his bulldog buddy make an utterly adorable twosome .

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

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

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

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .