BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera. After spending a morning stealing a stash of nuts and seed from his squirrel friends, he sits down to enjoy his well-earned lunch. The pictures of this cheeky squirrel were captured by emergency services worker Claire Hartley, 35, on a trip to Hartsholme Park, near Lincoln. “Several squirrels had been competing to get as many nuts as possible,” says Claire, of Lincoln.
A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .