FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON. The Giant Canyon swing will throw you 1,300 feet above the Colorado River at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, America. Owner of Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, Steve Beckley, 41, admits that despite being the brains behind the operation he has only ever tried out the ride for himself on one occasion.
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .