An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

MEET the painter who makes his living squirting paint from his EYES .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .

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

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

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

WELCOME to the 750-foot deep rainbow cave that leaves visitors bewildered by its multi-coloured mood lighting .