This is the heart stopping moment that a base jumper takes a leap of faith and skis off an Icy mountain.
Image by: Tim Howell
This is the heart-stopping moment a base jumper literally took a leap of faith - and skied off an icy mountain top.
Ex-Royal Marine Tim Howell hurtled off the slope then parasailed to make a safe landing on a frozen lake in Oeschinen Kandersteg, Switzerland.
The video, shot on January 7th 2020, also shows his good friend Maria Mcfly performing the same daring feat.
Extreme sports fanatic Tim, 28, from Martock, Somerset, said: “We set out to jump from this well photographed cliff.
"It is a very popular area for hiking and swimming in the summer.
"In winter the frozen lake is used for ice fishing and ice hockey, so new knew it would be thick enough to land on.”
“We finally found a part of the cliff that was steep enough and big enough. Landing on the lake was a really odd experience.
"We skated back to shore over big cracks in the ice.”
Video by: Tim Howell
Baffled hairdresser films cat using bathroom toilet like a person whilst its owner gets a fresh trim
Image by: Kirstie Fraser
A stunned hairdresser filmed the bizarre moment a clever cat hopped up onto its owner's bathroom toilet and used it just like a person.
Kirstie Fraser, 32, was gobsmacked when two-year-old house cat Butch perched on the toilet seat and had a wee.
Mobile hairdresser Kirstie grabbed her phone and hit record when saw Butch use the loo rather a litter tray, like almost every other house cat.
Kirstie was washing Butch's 28-year-old owner's hair at her flat, in Aberdeen, Scotland, when he decided to nip to the loo.
The video footage shows the moment Butch perched over the toilet bowl on his back legs to have a wee.
Kirstie said: “The cat just wandered into the bathroom and sat on the toilet. The owner said it was normal and Butch does it all the time. I was really shocked and couldn’t believe it.
"I’ve never seen anything like that before. I found it very funny and pretty bizarre. It is very intelligent. I didn’t know cats could do that.”
Kirstie, from Aberdeen, revealed that Butch is a pampered house cat and does not venture outside.
He lives in a flat in central Aberdeen with his owner, who wishes to remain anonymous.
Pet owners are most commonly known to train their cats to use litter trays.
Video by: Kirstie Fraser
This stunning picture sequence shows a freediver ‘hanging out’ over a huge underwater trench.
Image by: Daniel Parsons
This stunning picture sequence shows a freediver ‘hanging out’ over a huge underwater trench.
Photographer Daniel Parson, 33, took the breathtaking pictures in Barracuda Lake, Coron, Philippines.
Freedive expert and trainer Daniel photographed his students hanging from the submerged volcanic cliffs against the backdrop of an imposing abyss.
One shot even shows a male diver seemingly allow a female diver to fall into the trench below.
Daniel, from New South Wales, Australia, is the owner and Director of Freediving Central.
He said: "Freediving Central is based in Sydney, Australia, and runs courses across the continent and internationally.
"Freediving is diving to depth while holding your breath! No tanks, no breathing apparatus!
“I had the idea for these photographs for some time before my visit to Coron, however, finding the right backdrop was a challenge.
Image by: Daniel Parsons
Image by: Daniel Parsons
Image by: Daniel Parsons
“The volcanic cliffs surrounding Barracuda Lake are stunning and when you combine freedivers who can hold their breath for substantial amounts of time with such epic underwater scenery, you can create some pretty incredible shots!
“The sheer cliff faces were the perfect backdrop for a ‘cliff hanger’ scene where the freediver risks sinking into the vast nothingness if they let go.
“It was a lot trickier than it looks to get these shots just right but the photographs were a success and turned out better than I imagined!
“The visibility in the lake is endless which gives an illusion that makes the audience question whether they are in water or not.
“I was lucky I had some talented freedivers who could convey the fear of falling into the abyss and holding on for life.
”We are still not sure whether the male freediver let her go, or if her hand slipped … there were rumours at the time that their relationship was on the rocks!”
For more information visit: www.freedivingcentral.com
Witness the mesmerising moment that a troop of BASE jumpers’ leap from a cliff face in a formation that resembles a multi coloured WATERFALL
Image by: Chris McDougal
This is the mesmerising moment a troop of BASE jumpers leapt from a cliff in a mass formation - that resembles a human WATERFALL.
Captured on film by Professional BASE jumper Chris ‘Douggs’ McDougall the video shows the colourful 26 daredevils perched on the edge of a cliff in Kjerag, Norway.
They jump from the cliff in sequence plunge towards the ground in a waterfall formation that is an absolute visual delight.
Chris, 47 from Switzerland who organized the record BASE jump said: ''We were training with our school for 10 days before the jump and when the weather was perfect, we executed the record jump perfectly. This is the most people off this object ever.”
“I feel like I did a great job organising the jump and that my students and instructors did a perfect job executing the jump.”
Image by: Chris McDougal
Image by: Chris McDougalVideo by: Chris McDougal
Funny video shows driver blasting "Pump It Up" song - as he drives past man pumping up his car tyres
Image by: Ellis Dimelow
This hilarious video shows the moment a driver blasted the song "Pump It Up" through his radio - as he drove past a man who was inflating up his car tyres.
Ellis Dimelow was a passenger in his friend Dom Zach's car when the pair drove past a man at the side of the road pumping air into his car tyres.
Cheeky Ellis, 27, quickly took advantage of the moment, and started playing 2004 dance hit, Pump It Up, through Dom's car radio, winding down the window as they drove past.
The man can be seen glancing up and laughing when he heard the song playing, and started pumping his car tyres in time to the beat.
And as Ellis and Dom laugh at the situation, the other driver can be seen crossing his arms and shaking his head in mock annoyance at the pair at Harrogate, N Yorks.
Ellis, who works at a housing company in Harrogate, said: "We just put the song on as we were driving up to him.
"He was loving it. All three of us had a good laugh about it," Ellis joked.
Video by: Ellis Dimelow
A British teenager has become the UK's youngest qualified commercial pilot - after his mum sold the family home to help fund his dreams
Image by: Seth Van Beek
An 18-year old has become the UK's youngest qualified commercial pilot - after his mum sold the family home to help fund his dreams.
Seth Van Beek got his licence to fly passenger airliners after he completed 18 months training and clocked up 150 hours in the air before he passed with flying colours.
He set his sights on being a pilot since the age of eight, and selfless single mum Frances, 42, sold their three-bed home to fund his dream.
Seth, from Preston, London, is now the UK's youngest licensed commercial aviator, a record previously held by Luke Elsworth, who passed aged 19.
He had to move to Greece for the intensive £85,000 flight school course and is now looking for a job - and hopes to one day fly for British Airways.
Seth said: "Flying has always been my dream. There was nothing else that I had ever wanted to do, and there is nothing I would contemplate doing.
"You don't have a single epiphany where you realise that you want to be something or do something, it comes from experience.
"My mum was an avid traveller when she was younger, and when I was a boy she'd take us on holidays to see the world.
"I loved everything about flying - even the fact that a 300-tonne tube of metal can basically be shot up into the air and fly for up to 12 hours.
"As I grew up, my love became a passion, and I'm so grateful that the experience of training didn't discourage me, like training can.
"If anything, I knew there and then this would be what I did for my whole life. To be honest, I took very naturally to flying - there's no feeling like it.
"When you are flying manually, you are in charge. It's a big responsibility, but it's exhilarating, and that means flying's an honour.
"And I’ve always felt safer flying in a plane, or flying one, than travelling on a bus or driving a car - though I do have a driver's licence!
"People have to chase their dreams, and I’ve been so lucky, being able to make my dream my career because of my mum.
"None of this would have been possible without her - I love her to pieces!"
Seth left school in Zimbabwe after his GCSEs and attended Egnatia Aviation Training College after passing gruelling entrance exams in January 2018, aged 16.
In April 2018, having turned 17 on March 4, he then began 18 months' training at the prestigious Mediterranean flight academy.
Though he could have trained in the UK, Seth said he chose to learn in Greece so he could break the world record - and "because the weather was better".
Image by: Seth Van Beek
Image by: Seth Van Beek
Image by: Jon Mills
Image by: Seth Van Beek
One of 14 students, Seth sat 14 exams, alternating between learning theory and practical flying at Kavala International Airport every three months.
He took to the skies up five times-a-week during his practical stints, initially for just 60 minutes, but eventually flying for five hours over Greece.
Seth also completed three theory-based courses - the ATP Integration Course, Jet Orientation, and Multi Crew Cooperation
His total theory study time totalled 828 hours, often revising late into the night.
Seth's average exam score was 90.6% and he graduated in September at the top of his class, getting his licence from the European Aviation Safety Agency a month later.
He said: "Everything just made sense to me. I became known around the school for being a hard worker and people asking for advice.
"They were asking me - 'how would I prepare for this or that?'.
"But I would study extra outside of class, just to make sure that I had perfected my knowledge - I had top marks in sight.
"During exam season, I'd finish class at 9pm, and then work until around 4 or 5am the next day, right through."
Seth said he was inspired by his mother Frances, who had "always supported my dreams and told me that I could make it if I worked hard".
Frances, who also has a 14-year-old daughter, sold their home in Milton Keynes and downsized to a flat, to free up £85,000 for Seth's course, plus accommodation fees.
He added: "She made huge sacrifices for me, and I couldn't let her down. I had to achieve, and to succeed.
"I wanted to be top of my class, so that I could show her that it was worth everything.
"The hours of study, the stress - and her decision to sell the house so that she could set money aside to one day finance my training. And she's well and truly proud!"
Finance manager Frances, originally from Zimbabwe, said: "When I start to think about everything, I get so overwhelmed.
"I didn’t have a proper education, so I have always pushed Seth to make sure that he accomplishes what he really wants.
"For years I have told him that as long as he has faith and believes in himself, he will be able to achieve anything he sets his mind to.
"To think he's the youngest licensed commercial pilot in the UK - it blows me away."
Egnatia Aviation Training College said that of 1,500 former students to graduate with the Greek school since 2006, Seth was the youngest.
And the Civil Aviation Authority said the youngest qualified pilots from 2018 were two 21-year-old males - three years Seth's senior.
A letter of recommendation from instructor Captain Dionysios Kouris described Seth's manual flight skills as "smooth and effective".
The director of training at Egnatia Aviation Training College, said: "Exemplary student would be the characterization that best describes Seth Van Beek.
"His pre-entry assessment results led us to believe that Seth not only had great potentials but allowed us to have high expectations from him, too.
"And he certainly proved us right!
"Seth demonstrated all the qualities of character a successful airline pilot should possess: discipline, punctuality, commitment, will to evolve constantly, kindness, team spirit combined with leadership skills.
"These aspects of character combined with the advanced professional airline training he received by our Academy created a cadet who graduated among the top of his class and without delays.
"Graduates like Seth are certain to have a prosperous career ahead and make us proud of having been Egnatia Aviation students in the past."
Video by: Seth Van Beek
This is the incredible moment water flowed UPWARDS - after waves were caught in a rare sea vortex.
Image by: Samy Jacobsen
This is the incredible moment water flowed UPWARDS - after waves were caught in a rare sea vortex.
Samy Jacobsen, 41, was out walking along the cliffs off Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands when he spotted a whirlwind of water rising from the waves.
He watched as the vortex of spray climbed up the side of the 470m sea cliff - known as Beinisvørð - and billowing on to the cliff top, on Monday.
Weather experts said it was a water spout - a spiralling pillar of air - which forms like a tornado over the water when a cliff edge spins the wind in a circle.
Samy said: "I felt like going for a walk in an area that seldom explore and I also wanted to try out my sister’s Iphone 11 pro max which I knew could take great pictures and videos.
"From home I could see that the scene was definitely set for great pictures since the sky and the sea were almost colliding in the storm.
"I took pictures and shot a few videos and when I shot that one it triggered the wow affect for sure.
"I saw something being blown up into the air from that area before but I have never investigated it though.
"In the vicinity there are many small rivers that defy gravity in stormy conditions and an awful lot of sea water is blown up and travels pretty far up land.
"So it is not always easy to tell what it is.
"I sent it to some friends and they all thought that it was very beautiful and special."
Image by: Samy Jacobsen
Greg Dewhurst senior operational meteorologist at the Met Office described the phenomenon as "spectacular".
He said: "To us here in the operations centre it looks like a water spout (a spiralling pillar of air), which is a little like a tornado but it forms over the water.
"The cliff edge is helping to spin the wind around and we think this is why it forms quite quickly.
"The weather over the area is unsettled with heavy showers and these ingredients together help form the water spouts.
"Water spouts are not too uncommon during unsettled weather but make spectacular videos and photos."
Video by: Gabriella Petty
Dad who recorded his baby son every day for a year creates hilarious montage video of him 'singing' AC/DC's rock classic Thunderstruck
Image by: Matt MacMillan
A dad who recorded his baby son every day for a year has edited the clips together to create a video which appears to show him singing AC/DC's rock classic 'Thunderstruck'.
Matt MacMillan compiled clips of little Ryan making noises before splicing them together in time with the music.
Angus Young's iconic guitar riff from 1990 is instantly recognisable as the video begins - with the one-year-old also providing several other parts as song progresses.
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Image by: Matt MacMillan
Image by: Steve Chatterley
Matt, from New Jersey, USA, manually sorted 83 clips according to pitch then organised each according to note to create the track.
He found 21 notes in total - enough to carry the tune.
Angus then listened to the AC/DC track over and over again, figuring out the notes by ear.
He also used his son's sneeze as a cymbal, a clip of Ryan hitting a sofa with his hand for the drum and the child slapping the floor for the snare.
Video by: Matt MacMillan
A disgruntled painter and decorator who claims he is owed £500 for his work has taken revenge - by daubing a message on the side of an old pub he had worked on
Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
A disgruntled painter and decorator who claims he is owed £500 for his work has taken revenge - by daubing a message on the side of an old pub he had worked on.
Dean Reeves, 50, wrote in large black letters: "Want your house painting? Don’t be like Terry, pay the bill! Now you will!” over the cream exterior he had painted.
Dean claims builder Terry Taylor paid him just £650 of the £1,150 agreed price for the work, but refused to pay the rest until he had done additional work on the building.
He claims he worked through his lunch for a week to get the job done on time on the former North Star Club in Bolsover, Derbs, which is being converted into flats.
However, he says Mr Taylor told him he wouldn't be getting paid the remainder of the cash until he "gave the back of the house another coat".
But the father-of-two says when he did what was asked, Mr Taylor told him "you're not getting paid a penny until you've done the fascias" - which was not part of the original quote.
Disgruntled decorator Dean lavished the cream coloured rendered building with huge black paint encouraging other people not be "like Terry" and pay the bill.
Dean said: "I gave him a quote for the job and he said he would 'ping me the money straight away'.
"But he tried to change the job halfway through. The job was supposed to be done on scaffolding, he was supposed to have taken all the signs and guttering off.
"But I did the job off ladders, saving him £900 on scaffolding and I took all the signs off myself.
"He changed the job, kept asking me to extra work. He said there was a number of jobs I needed to do before I would get paid.
"I did seven days hard work on it. I didn't have lunch breaks, I worked hard all week to get it done.
"He kept saying, 'I'll pay you tomorrow', but tomorrow never came.
"I did the work and he said if I go back to give the back of the building another coat, he would pay me.
"I went back on Tuesday (14 Jan) and did that, but when I sent him a picture, he just said 'that looks better' with a smiling face.
"I asked him where my money was and he said I wasn't going to get a penny until I did the fascias, which we'd never agreed on."
Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
Dean says he took the drastic action two days after being told he was not going to get the £500 he was owed.
He added: "I went back on tea time on Thursday (16 Jan) and did it off ladders.
"It was my first job back since Christmas, I have bills to pay and need to make money.
"It just got too much and I wanted to prove the point. I don't regret it and I'd do it again if I had to.
"I was never going to get paid, but I wanted to make sure he had to pay something to get it cleared off."
When contacted for comment, Mr Taylor has denied ripping Dean off and said he was going to pay in full once the work had been completed.
Mr Taylor said: "The bloke is a prat. He should have just done the work and he would have been paid in full. It’s standard.
"None of what he says is true. He wasn’t asked to do additional work, it was offset work by other jobs he was meant to do but didn’t.
"It was his idea, he said he would do some other jobs to offset what he wasn’t doing. He was getting paid the same to do less work.
"I wasn’t going to pay him for the whole job until he finished it, no one would.
"At the beginning he even said he’d do the work before getting paid at all, but I said no.
"Then, halfway through the job he blackmailed me and asked for all the money up front.
"I’ve spoken to police now and they will be looking to arrest him. He’s going to be done for criminal damage.
"I found out about it last night but I’m completely unbothered. It’s just paint, the idiot.
"I’m the boss, so I’m just going to go round and paint over it. Do his job for him. It’ll be done by the end of the day.
"I don’t understand why you would waste your time painting that nonsense instead of doing your job, when in that time you could have finished it.
"This is the first and last time I’m working with this man."
A Derbyshire police spokesman said: “We received a call this morning reporting that a property in Welbeck Road, Bolsover had had graffiti painted onto it.
“It appears to be a dispute between two parties and we will be getting in touch with those involved in due course.”
Video by: Ashley Moran
Transgender soldier who served in Iraq and Afghanistan swaps her combats for dresses as she takes the modelling world by storm
Image by: Andi Hailley
A soldier who served in the army for 30 years has swapped her combats for dresses -- after coming out as transgender.
Andrea Halliley, 52, was born as Andrew but hid her feelings for most of her life - even keeping her emotions secret from her wife and three children.
Serving in the military, she would wear combats in the day before sneaking to her room at night to get changed into women's clothes she'd bought from nearby shops.
She revealed her true identity when she retired from her career as an infantry soldier in February 2015, bravely confessing to her family and later splitting from her wife.
Now living openly as a transgender woman in Crook, Durham, she likes to be known as Andi and works as a delivery driver.
She has even been signed up with a modelling agency.
Andi said: "When I first came out to my (now ex) wife, I told her I was a cross dresser - I had never heard of the term 'transgender' before.
"My ex wife did some research and told me about transgender people, and it was like a lightbulb moment, we both knew that's what I really was.
"We have split up since but on amicable terms, it's just that she didn't marry a woman and that's fine, I don't hold any bad feelings towards her or anything.
"I still see our two teenage children every other weekend, they've been brilliant with my change and I have an older daughter from a previous relationship who has been fab as well.
"After telling my family, it was time to tell other people like my friends and old colleagues, and although I was nervous, I've actually had hardly any negative feedback."
Andi said she has known she was different since she was a child and liked to dress up in her mother's clothes and jewellery from five years old.
But growing up in Saddleworth in the 70s, Andi felt that coming out was not an option.
She said: "Initially I didn't think there was anything wrong, but as I grew older, I became aware of societal norms.
"I think there was a certain amount of embarrassment and a lot of confusion.
"I didn't hope it would go away because it felt right, but I did bury my feelings."
She joined the military in 1985 and served in the infantry for the next 30 years, rising to the rank of Colour Sergeant, touring in Bosnia, Northern Ireland and Iraq.
Despite Andi forming close friendships with her military colleagues, nobody knew that she identified as a woman.
Andi had been aware that she identified as a female ever since she was little, but suppressed how she felt.
It wasn't until she had left the military that she bravely ventured outside as a female, visiting a trans event in Cardiff in October 2015, and the experience confirmed what she had known for so long yet.
Andi said: "The military is very macho, especially in the infantry.
"I think I was trying to prove I was macho as well, but it was very difficult living a secret life in such an overtly male environment.
"It was difficult living with your own secret war inside your head."
Feeling most like her true self when dressed in women's clothes, Andi devised a secret routine that would allow her to live as a female when off duty.
Andi said: "Any dressing I did at that time had to be very secret.
"I'd buy women's clothes in the town of wherever we were stationed at the time and smuggle it back into my room without anyone seeing.
"After the work I needed to do had been done for the day, I'd lock myself in my room and get dressed into the clothes I'd bought in secret.
"I wouldn't put make up on or anything at that time, but just putting on more feminine clothes made me feel more comfortable.
"I was always worried that someone would knock and discover my secret, but thankfully, that never happened."
Image by: Andi Hailley
Image by: Andi Hailley
Image by: Andi Hailley
Image by: Andi Hailley
Image by: Andi Hailley
Andi retired from the Army in 2015, and several months later, she decided it was time to come out so that she could live openly as a transgender woman.
The first person Andi came out to was her wife who was shocked and initially felt angry and betrayed, but after doing research into transgender people, she grew supportive of Andi being out as transgender.
They discussed staying together but decided it was not a viable option and split amicably.
She told her family first before sharing the news with friends, including fellow soldiers that she had grown close to over the three decades that she had been serving for.
Andi said: "It was nerve wracking coming out to the guys from the Infantry, as it is such a macho male environment.
"Incredibly, a lot of my old colleagues were supportive of me being transgender.
"The general response was if it makes you happy, then go for it.
"Regardless of their reaction, I wasn't going to hide who I am any more, but it was nice to have that support and acceptance."
Andi got a job as a delivery driver and is currently in the middle of the lengthy NHS process to be helped by a gender identity clinic.
Her GP referred her to the NHS gender identity service in Leeds in September 2016 but is still waiting for her first appointment at a gender identity clinic and has been informed it will be in February or March 2020 at the latest.
Andi's struggle with waiting to receive help from the NHS has not stopped her from embracing her feminine identity and she lives openly as a transgender woman.
She was at an alternative burlesque show in May 2017 with friends when she got chatting to a woman who suggested Andi audition for The Alternative Model of the Year Contest.
Andi entered the competition for the first time in 2017, and has made it to the catwalk final of the contest for the past three years in a row.
She fell in love with the modelling world and after taking part in multiple photoshoots, Andi was signed by the agency Rogue Model Management.
Andi said: "It is amazing to think how much my life has changed since leaving the Army and embracing being transgender.
"Five years ago, I was wearing combats everyday, pretending to be this big macho man all day before secretly hiding in my room wearing girly clothes in fear.
"Now, I'm strutting down runways in feminine clothes and posing for cameras as a proud transgender woman.
"I have no regrets over joining the military, it was an important time in my life, but I do regret wasting so much time not being me.
"I'm just so happy I finally decided to come out and show people the real me, and I'll never hide that side of me ever again."
