Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .

What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .

A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .