A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .

TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .