The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .

A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .