FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

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

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

Whether they’re sharing a bath or snuggled up during a nap, a baby and his bulldog buddy make an utterly adorable twosome .

A group of whale sharks gather to feed underneath a fisherman’s boat off the coast of Papua, Indonesia .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

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

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .