A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

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

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .