These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

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

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

BRITISH kingfishers love to cool off by creating a splash .