A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .