WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

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

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

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 .

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

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .