Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

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 .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

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 .

IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .

A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .