The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

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

SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .

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

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .