COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

WELCOME to the drawing room that is home to the £100K world’s greatest collection of Margaret Thatcher autographed objects .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

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 .