SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

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 .

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 .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

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

PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .