CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

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

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

WOMB STROKE SURVIVOR AMAZES DOCS BY TAKING FIRST STEPS - A little girl who suffered a catastrophic stroke in the womb which would have killed an adult has stunned the medical world by learning to walk, talk and see .

AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .

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 .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

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