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 .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

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

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .

RECORD BREAKING GRAN'S COLLECTION OF NEARLY 800 SHEEP HOTSPOT MEDIA – WITH PICS 0121 551 1004 By Katie Thompson A record-breaking baa-rmy gran with a love for sheep has amassed a collection of nearly 800 woolly wonders .

A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .