A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

Whenever 46-year-old Melo Masi steps out of his front door in Berkshire, he risks being mobbed by strangers desperate for a selfie - all because of his incredible likeness to Hollywood megastar, Johnny Depp .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .

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

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

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

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .