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 .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .

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 .

A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .

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

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

A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .