FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .

SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

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

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

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

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 .

AN UNEMPLOYED factory worker has proved his immunity to snake venom by letting a deadly mamba bite his bare arm .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .