These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .

A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .

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 .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .