STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

A Canadian photographer has captured crystal clear mirror images of Toronto's architecture reflected in puddles - simply by using his iPhone .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .