A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .

A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

AFTER splashing out on sexy black lingerie, Paige Way was excited for a romantic night away at a swanky hotel with her boyfriend .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .