WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .