A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

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

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .