A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .

SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .

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

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

A mother-of-one has revealed how a neighbour’s friend ‘mauled’ her face, leaving her scarred for life .