A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

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

A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .

SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .