A personal trainer who was dumped over a life-changing sleep disorder has finally found love .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

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 .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .

LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .