Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

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

PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

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