Jack Potter reads to his wife Phyllis from his diary of their 70 years of marriage. An elderly husband who has documented more than 70 years of happy times with his dementia wife in a diary now reads their stories to her to jog her memory. Jack Potter, 91,
first wrote in his diary after meeting Phyllis, 93, at a dance in Strood, Kent in 1941. Lovestruck Jack said he rushed home, aged 19, on the evening of October 4 and wrote in his journal:
"Very nice evening. Danced with a very nice girl. Hope I meet her again."
Since that date old romantic Jack has kept every keepsake in his diary, noting down of every dinner, holiday and conversation the couple have shared.
There may be two and a half feet between him and his future wife, but world's tallest man Sultan Kosen, 30, is on cloud nine after meeting the woman of his dreams. The Turkish farmer - who at 8 ft 3 ins, dwarfs his 5 ft 8 ins fiancee - is set to marry Merve Dibo.
When it comes to cute animal pictures, there's no beating this cheeky creature, who may as well have wandered straight out of a feel-good kids' movie. This marsupial is native to a small corner of southwestern Australia
The Journey to the bottom of the sea.Scientists have discovered hidden underwater traces of a city that existed at Alexandria at least seven centuries before Alexander the Great arrived.
This is a wildlife bridge in the Netherlands. Wildlife bridges are designed to help animals cross busy highways in safety. They don't just protect wildlife from being hit by cars - they also connect fragmented habitats and help populations intermingle and breed.
The Netherlands is leading the way in designing these bridges. The country is home to more than 600 similar crossings
The baby palm squirrel, was taken in by wildlife film maker Paul Williams, 34, in Sri Lanka after it was separated from its mother. He has spent a month nursing it back to full health.
A graceful creature of the seafloor, sea pen resembles a plump, old-fashioned quill pen. They live possibly as long as 15 years. They grow to 60 cm (24 in). This is a colonial animal with a central stem and a row of retractile, tentacled polyps, like leaves on either side of the stem.
They can be found in western Europe and the Mediterranean. They also occur throughout the North Atlantic possibly as far as North America. Other types of sea pen are found in the Pacific and Indian oceans