A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get. The poem, called I've been wandering in the greenwoods, was written when the famous novelist was just 13-years-old and is said to be extremely rare - with only two others being traced in the last 40-years. It was sold at an auction by Bonhams in London where it was bought for a staggering £92,450 by an unidentified buyer from abroad. The auctioneers had previously estimated it would sell for £45,000. The signed manuscript, dated 14 December 1829, is written on a small slip of paper about three inches in size in such small writing that it cannot be easily read without a magnifying glass.
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
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 little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .