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 .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .

A puppy bit off more than he could chew when he stole a six inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it WHOLE, Cheeky Staffordshire bull terrier Rossi had his life SPARED when he underwent a life-saving operation to remove the bone from his stomach after swiping part of the takeaway meal .

Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .