SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .