It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

WITH THE WIND blowing through their fur, you'll believe a dog can fly in these hilarious images .

A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .