A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .

THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .