A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

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 .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .