STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .

A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

RAISING his foot into the air, this cheeky monkey offers an unusual wave .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .