Golfers and caddies were left stunned when they were joined on the 14th hole by an unexpected visitor - a huge alligator.

Yoann Galeran left with puncture wounds to the head and neck after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile

Respect MP also plans to disrupt plans to cancel PMQ's to allow MPs and peers to attend service

Today being the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland, it seems as good excuse to revive anecdotes about the slightly made Secretary of State, Mo Mowlam, who did so much to make it possible while slowly dying of a malignant brain tumour.

Antonio Ruiz and friends lured the reptiles over with chunks of meat

Perhaps only in Andalusia, traditionally Spain's most laid-back region, could keeping alligators as pets ever have been legal – and even there, since 2008, there has been a ban. But after a two-metre, 70kg 'gator was discovered living at a lake near Mijas on Andalusia's Costa del Sol last month, in any case no one in the region needs reminding of the former regulation.

A whizzier version of The Flintstones, this DreamWorks animation concerns a Neanderthal family discovering that there is life beyond their cave.

Fed up with shampoo leaking in your luggage and ruining your holiday clothes? Here are some stylish solutions

Paddle a canoe along the Wilderness Waterway and get close to the exotic creatures inhabiting the unique ecosystem of the Everglades National Park

Dogs are dastardly when it's dark

A remote southern Philippine town has gone into mourning over the death of the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, even though it was blamed for the deaths of several villagers.

Baby boy recovering after fox attack

His dark humour and wacky characters enchanted generations, so why are modern children now leaving Charlie, Matilda and Mr Fox on the shelf?

Kim Sengupta follows a student’s hunt for his loved one from Bamako to Timbuktu