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

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

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

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

FEAST your eyes onthe £3K luxury yurts that rock legend Mick Jagger will be basking in between Glastonbury performances this weekend .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

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 .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .