Baby otter rescued from Scotland river recovering well

This cute baby otter is recovering well after being rescued from a river in Scotland.

A man spotted the animal on its own, calling out, in Kirtle Water, Dumfries and Galloway. He left the cub for 24 hours to make sure the otter's family wasn't nearby but his mother didn't return, so the man collected it and called the Scottish SCPA.

It's thought the cub was separated from his mother by a strong river current.

Rescuers have named the baby otter Noah

He's now being cared for by the Scottish SPCA in Clackmannanshire.

Centre manager Colin Seddon said: "He was very subdued and weak when he first came to us but he's now weaning onto solid food and is a lot brighter."

They plan to release him back into the wild after his first birthday.

Rihanna to design brand new line of clothes

Pop star Rihanna has announced she'll be designing a range of clothes for River Island.

There's been rumours for a while after the singer was at the company's head office in February and has posted pictures of herself on Twitter wearing clothes from the designer in the past.

The boss of the high street clothing chain said the range will reflect RiRi's 'street to chic' style.

Her first collection will go on sale from spring 2013.

Lucky the kitten saved from recycling van crusher

A three-week-old kitten who was dumped in a bin narrowly escaped being crushed by a recycling truck in Devon.

The female tortoiseshell, named Lucky, was emptied into the back of a waste truck. Its crusher was stopped by two bin men who heard the kitten's cries.

The men, who were completing their round in Plymouth, saw the kitten fall from the crusher's blades.

Lucky was unharmed and has been adopted by staff at Devon Contract Waste.

Donna Cook, from the company, said: "They were picking up recycling and when the truck up-ended, and as the crusher started pulling back the cardboard, they heard her screams.

"They stopped the crusher and out fell the kitten from its blades."

Lucky was taken to a local vet but was not injured in the incident.

Gopher lives under rocket launch-pad!

Do you have noisy neighbours? Well if you do, I bet they aren't as bad as this!

A gopher has been found living under a rocket launch-pad in the central Asian country of Kazakhstan.

He's become an internet sensation with more than 140,000 people watching clips of him online!

A spaceship blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome launch-pad on it's way to the international space station last Sunday.

Let's hope he's got good ear-plugs!