ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .

Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .