THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage. The mystery building located somewhere in rural Hertfordshire is rumoured to have had a husband and wife living there. According to hearsay, the husband died and the wife tried to live alone but became ill and was put into care. However no-one ever returned to collect the couple’s belongings. Whatever the truth, a 1950s home stands almost untouched apart from decades of dust and clutter which is now strewn across the lopsided relic.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .