Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

Popping impressive moves despite high-wiring at three THOUSAND feet .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

A little girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis has taken her first steps since the illness thanks to her new 'Princess legs' .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .