A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .

MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .

AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .