Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes.’ The trial was late in starting. More than a half-hour after the trial was to start, the judge had yet to arrive. Ms Steenkamp was shot three times through a locked bathroom door at Pistorius's home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day 2013. The former golden boy of South African athletics, who was arrested shortly afterwards, maintains his innocence and says he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder.……
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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 .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .