WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .

Posh pooch owners are lapping their pets up in luxury by paying £1,500 for 22ct gold lined fine china DOG BOWLS .

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

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .

WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .