CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape. Pictures show a variety of styles beard categories from Amish and Dali to Imperial and freestyle. The entrants were part of the New Orleans Just for Men National Beard and Moustache Championships in the USA.
A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .