If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

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

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .