Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .

AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .

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