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

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .

TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .

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 .

JUMPING and bouncing off one another, these young cheetahs enjoy some harmless fun .

From shooting hoops to performing kick ups, a boy has a ball with the moon .

A former waitress who quit serving tables to become a professional Britney lookalike has told how her incredible likeness has earned her £300,000 as a full time doppelganger .