SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

This artist had a lot of bottle to re-create a masterpiece painted with nothing but 24 litres of cola .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .