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

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 beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .

A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .