SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .

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

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

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 .

FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .