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.
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 .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .