FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .