A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

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

The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

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

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

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .