A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

A former food addict who had spent her whole life dreaming of romance shed an astonishing 12st 7lbs to experience love for the 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 proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .