A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .