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 .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .