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 .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

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 .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .

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 .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .