NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .

A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .

A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .

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 .

A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .

A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .