Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

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 .

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

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

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

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .

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

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter tragically took her own life after being subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of her ex-partner .