AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .

THIS caring wallaby shares her lunch with a hungry pigeon .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .