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 .

A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

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

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

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .

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 .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

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 .