The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .

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

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

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

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

A little girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis has taken her first steps since the illness thanks to her new 'Princess legs' .

The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .