A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A student has finally hit puberty after a four year battle against anorexia stunted his growth .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .