From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

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 .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

A scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

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

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .