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 .

A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .

LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .

An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .

Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .

A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .