An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

TWO Little Owls perch on a fence as they enjoy their dinner .

AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .

The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .