VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .