A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a ‘thigh gap’, she didn'’t realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .