A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record. Robyn Benincasa, 47, paddled non-stop for 90 miles around California's Huntington Beach Harbour. The athlete, from Cardiff by the Sea, California, spent 24 hours standing on a surf board while struggling against the pain of her artificial hip. 'I did this for all of the amazing women I know who are recovering from medical setbacks. I want to show what's possible when you choose not to focus on what you've lost, but on being the best of what you are today,' Robyn said…
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
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 .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
