High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

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

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .

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 .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .