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

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

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

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .