A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .