SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

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

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

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 .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

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

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .