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 .

From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .

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

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 .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

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

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

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .