A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .

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 .

BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .

LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .

MEET the painter who makes his living squirting paint from his EYES .

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

An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .

A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .