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This guy combines up to three sports at once to create unbelievable trick shots He’s a one-man Olympic team! Max Hilty performs multi-sport trick shots on Instagram – (max_hilty/Instagram) If you’re into athletic trick...

UK doctors to be given go-ahead to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis The rules about the circumstances in which cannabis can be given to patients are being relaxed Stock image (Gareth Fuller/PA) Doctors will be...

Frantic relatives search for missing family members following Greece wildfires (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP) Rescue crews and volunteers are continuing to search on land and at sea for potential further victims from Greece's deadliest forest...

This smiling alpaca eating an orange looks blissfully happy Find someone who looks at you like an alpaca looking at an orange. (Charles Forman) If you’ve never given any thought to what alpacas like...

Mary Ellis - last of the WWII women Spitfire pilots - dies aged 101 Mary Ellis flew 400 Spitfires after she joined up in 1941. Photo: PA The last surviving female Spitfire pilot...

The unlikely story of the badger who fell off a cliff and was rescued on a kayak A tale worthy of a Hollywood script. A badger on the beach after having been rescued...

This dog refusing to leave a puddle is all of us in this heatwave It’s too darn hot. (Shannon Murphy/ batuhan toker/ Getty Images) Doesn’t this weather make you want to jump in a...

Rescue crews search for more victims following Greece wildfires A fire broke out north east of Athens in the area of Rafina. The wildfire destroyed many houses in Mati, east of Athens (Antonis...

Cricket star declares victory in tense elections Supporters of cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI), gesture to party songs, as they celebrate a day after the general election in...

Facebook shares fall amid slowdown in revenue and user growth Facebook’s monthly active user count was 2.23 billion, slightly behind the 2.25 billion forecast by analysts. Facebook shares were down (Niall Carson/PA) Facebook shares...