BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

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 .

A GIRL nicknamed JAWS by bullies who taunted her because of her underbite is em-bracing her new post-surgery life .

This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .