CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .