It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .

Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .