A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

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" .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .

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 six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .