Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .

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

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

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

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .