SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .

What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

A woman has lost an incredible 13st after a group of men cruelly threw a kebab at her as she walked down the street .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .