If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42 .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .