STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity. He bobs his eyes above the water and surveys the scene, ready for his close-up. These photographs were captured by French marine biologist Mathieu Foulquie, 39, after he spotted the friendly toad in the resurgence of a little river near Montpellier, France. Mathieu, of Montpellier, France, was investigating underwater in a river named 'la Bueges' when he put his hand on the river bed and the toad grabbed his fingers.
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
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 .
Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
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 .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .