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 fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
