While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .

Meet the sisters who have both been diagnosed with a one in 3 .