STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

Pic By HotSpot Media - SWASTIKA’S SPRAYED ON MOSQUE - RACIST graffiti including swastikas have been emblazoned on a £2 .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the first time .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .