Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .

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

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

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

HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .

A mum-of-one has revealed how her one-year-old daughter suffered second and third degree burns to 22% of her body after pouring boiling water over herself .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .