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 .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .

A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

High up in the mountains and thousands of feet off the ground, a party of climbers were in for a shock as they came face to face with this frightening leap of faith .

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .