With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .

THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .

A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

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 .

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

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .