Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .

A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .