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

A transgender woman has revealed how she was able to fund her transformation using £100K gifted to her by online admirers .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

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 .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .

A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .