the 100 luxury donut made with gold and cristal champagne
Bookmarked 530 weeks ago
they are a staple for police officers across america - but this ultra-luxury gold doughnut would be more suited to royalty made with cristal champagne and 24-carat gold leaf and gold dust a dozen costs a staggering 1000 700 the glitzy dish is proving so popular that two businessmen are reportedly flying in from london for the day just to try it it is the brainchild of bjrn de la cruz executive-chef and co-owner at the manila social club in new york videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: john balson nick johnson editor: kyle waters

ice tyres: lexus designs impressive wheels made out of frozen water
Bookmarked 529 weeks ago
the ice car of batman villain mr freeze is no longer fantasy - lexus have crafted the worlds first set of working wheels and tyres made from frozen waterlondons hamilton ice sculptors took on the world first project attaching the frozen h2o wheels to a lexus nx that was stored for nearly a week at -30c each ice tyre took four sculptors and 36 hours to complete built from laser scanned designs of the cars original wheelsacrylic inserts were added to make sure the vehicle did not collapse under its own weight engineers also embedded blue lights in the icy wheels to give them a watery glow videographer director: lexus uk producer: tom gillespie nick johnson editor: kyle waters

teenage ballerina uses ankle as knee joint
Bookmarked 507 weeks ago
an amputee schoolgirl who lost a leg to cancer has defied the odds to become a competitive dancer when ballerina gabi shull had her leg amputated she feared she would never dance again but thanks to groundbreaking rotationplasty surgery the 14-year-old bone cancer survivor has been able to get back on her toes gabi was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in march 2011 when she was just nine-years-old her diseased knee was removed and her foot was rotated 180 degrees and reattached to her upper leg with her ankle serving as her knee gabi was fitted with a prosthetic lower leg and took her first steps a year later now gabi from missouri america can bend and flex her prosthesis by moving her foot and is now encouraging others to live their dreams and never give up videographer director: andrew thomas producer: dan howlett ellie winstanley editor: sonia estal marcus cooper

snapped freediver swims with huge school of sardines
Bookmarked 505 weeks ago
a freediver takes a single breath to plunge into the centre of a giant school of sardinesairline pilot mathijs van den bosch swapped roaming the skies for exploring the ocean on his freediving adventure in cebu philippinesspotlighted by the sun bosch dives into the centre of a cyclone of sardines in this eye-catching footagedivers are often on the lookout out for more dangerous experiences - like cage diving with great white sharks - but bosch was searching for something very different videographer director: mathijs van den bosch producer: crystal chung ellie winstanley editor: marcus cooper

diver puts shark in trance to remove hook from mouth
Bookmarked 528 weeks ago
a brave diver puts his hands next to the mouth of a dusky shark to remove a hook - after first hypnotising the predator the footage which was filmed in jupiter florida shows experienced diver michael dornellas 32 coming to the aid of the shark using a technique called tonic immobility he puts the 10ft shark under a type of hypnosis - allowing him to remove the hook from its mouth describing his experience with sharks dornellas said: it is never 100 safe nothing guarantees your safety when youre swimming with predatorsquot in florida it is common for sharks to be found with hooks in their mouths due to fishermen catching them for sport then releasing them with the hook still intact videographer director: speared apparel producer: mark hodge nick johnson editor: kyle waters

mirror twins: sisters get matching booties by leading identical lives
Bookmarked 519 weeks ago
curvy twins miriam and michelle carolus claim their whopping four-foot butts are the result of an eye-watering 2000 squats a day the aspiring models have used their dazzling derrieres to make a name for themselves and so far earned nearly 250000 followers on instagram but they deny their success is due to surgery saying its down to a dedicated regime that sees them mirroring each others lifestyle to pedantic detail the girls even live next-door to each other in miami florida and work for the same plastic surgeon - but say the only work theyve had is matching 5000 boob jobs videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: john balson editor: sonia estal

rainbow clouds: rare occurrence of breathtaking natural phenomenon
Bookmarked 527 weeks ago
these rare 039nacreous clouds039 illuminate the sky like something from a science-fiction movieresidents of ambleside west yorkshire were surprised to see a dazzling array of colours when they looked skyward yesterday shot by photographerashley cooperthe clouds have been visible in various parts of the uk over the last few days - with many brits mistaking them for theaurora borealis also known as the northern lights however the impressive light display was actually caused by a natural phenomenon known ascloud iridescence which happenswhen tiny ice crystals or water droplets in the air cause the light from the sun to be scattered videogpraher director: ashley cooper producer: nick johnson editor: ian phillips

inspirational vlogger redefines beauty: born different
Bookmarked 499 weeks ago
a 21-year-old vlogger is making a name forherself on youtube with her make-up tutorials - despite being born with a facial tumour thatleaves her unable to speak or eat marimar quiora once hid her face from strangers in the street but now proudly bares her beauty to millions of people who follow her onlinemarimar was born with a facial tumour called cystic hygroma which means she has to use sign language in her videos to communicatebut the inspirational student wont let anything hold her back and now she is turning traditional beauty standards on their head with her powerful message of self-love videographer director: barcroft media producer: emma pearson ellie winstanley editor: matthew hoare

howzat armless cricketer makes state team
Bookmarked 523 weeks ago
a budding cricketer has defied the odds after mastering the sport despite having no arms amir hussain lone lost both his arms aged just eight years old in a tragic accident at his fathers sawmill ironically dad bashir made cricket bats at the mill and had to sell the business to pay for his sons treatment but the injuries werent enough to stop amirs love of the game now aged 26 and captain of thejammu and kashmir state para-cricket team amir is able to bat bowl and even catch out opponents using his feet his unusual technique for batting involves holding the bat between his neck and shoulder amir from indian-administered kashmir bowls with his toes using a sweeping leg movement to launch the cricket ball videographer director: mohammad younis zargar producer: haziq qadri nick johnson editor: sonia estal kyle waters

feline fine: new home for abandoned moustache cat
Bookmarked 523 weeks ago
this abandoned kitten is feline fine after her adorable moustache led to her being adopted in a week sally ann was abandoned in a salvation army donation bin late last month but came to national attention because of her unusual facial marking the salvation army immediately contacted the cat house on the kings animal shelter in northern california who made sure she was in tip-top health once the cute kitty was spayed and thoroughly checked over she went to start her new life with mike and sue salvador who first saw her when she appeared on the news videographer director: beth caffrey producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: sonia estal kyle waters

chasing americas wildest weather
Bookmarked 502 weeks ago
storm chaser travels tens of thousands of miles to document americas wildest weatherencountering lightning storms and erratic tornados are all in a days work for jason weingart who has been chasing massive storm systems across america since 2009danger is unavoidable in the storm chasing business and jason contends with lightning bolts containing anywhere between 100 million and one billion volts every time he sets off in pursuit of a stormdespite the risks jason has never thought about settling down for the quiet lifenow he has honed his own storm chasing skills weingart trains people to forecast and safely pursue tornados and supercells on expeditions with his fianc savannah williams videographer director: jason weingart producer: hannah stevens ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas

the man with the 44lb arm
Bookmarked 506 weeks ago
a rare genetic condition has caused a mans arm to swell to 20kg 44lbs - more than the double its normal size bablu pashi 25 from allahabad india suffers from gigantism a disease that causes excessive growth of body tissue his right arm is so large that it causes him pain when washing and means he can only walk for 10 minutes without taking a break the weight of my arm is 20 kilos and while washing it up it starts to hurt bablu said quoti am not able to walk i walk for 10 minutes and then for 10 minutes i have to rest these are the difficulties i face videographer director: nagesh ohal producer: kanika dhupar ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas

speed of led lights: barracuda crosskart vs motorbike
Bookmarked 517 weeks ago
you would be forgiven for thinking this is an unreleased scene from iconic sci-fi film tronfinnish youtube stars stunt freaks team have made the tron races a reality with their latest stunt in which they strapped on led nights to a motorbike and crosskart buggy while racing in complete darkness on ice and snow the slick looking video was shot in imatra finland in sub zero conditions and sees joonas salin 22 who was riding the motorbike and antti leppnen 26 battle to the finish line the stunt freaks team have more than 22 million views on youtube and regularly perform death-defying feats such as driving a snowmobile off the edge of a mountain in sweden after attaching a parachute to the handle bars videographer director: stunt freaks team producer: bunmi adigun nick johnson editor: jack stevens

orangutan rescue: saved from starvation
Bookmarked 515 weeks ago
a mother and baby orangutan who were dying of starvation when they were rescued from the burnt forests of borneo have been released back into the wild the pair were saved from a plantation after villagers in semanai simpang tiga complained that the starving animals were eating their crops 039mama nam039 was severely emaciated when she was found by international animal rescue iar staff and so malnourished that she was no longer producing milk for her child but despite her fragile condition she was so determined to protect her baby that it took three anaesthetic darts to make her fall from her tree and into the rescue teams net after over two months ofrehabilitation mother and baby were pronounced fit for release videographer director: international animal rescue producer: mark hodge nick johnson editor: ian phillips

the big picture: mum wont let birthmark define daughters beauty
Bookmarked 515 weeks ago
baby charlie crenshaw may only be eight months old - but her unique birthmark has already made her an internet star the tots bright blue eyes button nose and adorable outfits make for the perfect instagram snap but it is the birthmark on her face that receives the most attention but not all of the attention is nice and her mum katie is hitting back she said: people constantly ask me whats wrong with her face ive had complete strangers come up to me in the grocery store and ask if they can pray for herquot fed up of peoples pitying remarks katie wrote a post about how she felt for her blog twelve and six and it went viral videographer director: dre barnes producer: charley sutton nick johnson editor: jack stevens