A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

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 KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .

A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .