PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .

Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .