A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

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 .

A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .