It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

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' .

Diners on this aeroplane are never disappointed with their meal, because the decommissioned aircraft is now home to an air-mazing McDonald’s restaurant .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .