A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .