Three adventurers are to drive from the United Kingdom to the world's coldest inhabited town Oymyakon in the Republic of Sakha.

Seasonal greetings to all parts of the world marking Christmas Day on 25 December, even though we have to wait a little longer!

Vets failed to save bullterrier who kept his master warm on cold nights as pair avoided attack by bears and wolves.

Valery Malkov from Bratsk, Irkutsk region, was wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and slippers.

The pet lost all four paws in January in -40C cold in Tomsk, but video shows him walking again with artificial titanium limbs.

Experts say Kuzya, Borya and Ilona have adapted to life in the wild and satellite data shows they are happily roaming about their new habitats.

Bird flies 500 km off course and tries to make its winter home at impossibly cold lake mountain before firefighters come to the rescue.