Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

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

WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .

GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .

A miracle baby born with half-a-heart will make this Mother's Day extra special for her mum - as she was given just 24 hours to live .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

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