Terrified passengers witnessed the incident (centre) near Newcastle unfold on Wednesday as the driver was punched, kicked and allegedly hit over the head with a bottle of alcohol. The man lashed out when the driver asked him to get off the bus because he was using offensive language. In the video of the attack, a male passenger was seen intervening and wedging himself between the 44-year-old driver and the 28-year-old (left and right) to prevent more harm being caused.

Winnipeg female-to-male transgender man Trevor MacDonald was afraid he couldn't breastfeed after breast reduction surgery. When he became pregnant, he stopped the hormone treatments he'd begun years earlier. After the birth of his first child, he began trying to nurse and found himself able to lactate a small amount. He supplements the rest with donated milk.

Carla Ferrigno, wife of The Hulk star, is coming forward to say the comic legend tried to sexually assault her in 1967 when she was still in her teens. The former Playboy bunny was 'picked up' by a nice looking guy at the airport who asked her for a date and suggested he introduce her to his friend, Bill Cosby. Carla says Cosby tried to ply her with drinks and forcibly kissed her at his home while his wife Camille was present in the home. .She never told Lou about what happened because 'I didn't think my husband needed to know. I'm coming forward. One more nail in the coffin'

A close encounter with an adventurous kangaroo has left a motorcyclist a little jumpy after it hurled itself into oncoming traffic. The video was filmed through a camera, believed to be attached to the rider's helmet, travelling along Plenty Road and South Morang, north-east of Melbourne in Victoria at 11.30am on Wednesday. The footage shows the motorcyclist riding down a busy road when the roo appeared on the left hand side of the road before dashing out into the traffic and narrowly missing the rider.

Kevin Cotter, 41, from Arizona, was crushed when his wife of 12 years walked out in 2009, taking all her possessions except the white silk gown. When he asked her to take the dress back, she refused and told Kevin to 'do what the f*** he liked with it'. So he did - and for the last four years he has come up with a series brilliant ideas and filled a book with them (including as snow camouflage while hunting top left, a golf club cleaner top right, and a mechanic cloth main)

To mark what would have been the 30th birthday of Brittany Maynard, a right-to-die advocacy group has issued three weeks after her death new video footage of the terminally ill woman. In the video, recorded in August by the group Compassion & Choices and released on Wednesday, Maynard calls on more states to enact legislation allowing terminally ill people to end life on their own terms, pictured left. In a brave statement, silencing her critics Maynard calls on others who are terminally ill to make their voices heard in the debate. Footage also shows the many messages of support the 29-year-old received in the final weeks of her life, pictured top and bottom right, as she belittles any suggestion her decision to end her own life was coerced or made under pressure.

The celebrities feature in an extraordinary music video singing the classic Imagine by John Lennon (pictured, top left, with Yoko Ono). Other stars include (clockwise from top right) will.i.am, Idris Elba, David Guetta and Katy Perry). UNICEF was given permission by Yoko Ono to launch #IMAGINE, which offers millions of people the chance to record their own versions of the Lennon classic using an iPhone and iPad app - and you even get to place yourself inside the video alongside the A-listers. Anyone can join in by downloading the TouchCast app from iTunes. Inside the app, they'll see where around the world other people have recorded their versions of Imagine and will be invited to record their own. Each version shared will form part of a new remix of Imagine by David Guetta, to be released on iTunes on New Year's Eve 2014.

With the holiday season right around the corner, children will be opening plenty of new toys. A Boston-based group has released its annual list of the toys parents should avoid giving. World Against Toys Causing Harm (W.A.T.C.H) released its '10 Worst Toys' list, which it has done every holiday season since 1973. The list chronicles the organization's choice for the most dangerous toys on the market.

Officers confronted the gunman and ordered him to drop his weapon, but he fired one shot at them and they unleashed a volley of shots, Tallahassee Police spokesman Dave Northway said. While police did not say if the wounded were shot by the gunman, senior Sarah Evans from Miami said she was inside the library and heard a male student say he had been shot. When she looked at him, he was on the ground with blood spreading on his pants leg.

A father and his son have a ripper fishing tale for years to come that would make many a seaman green with envy. Dave Lock (bottom right) was fishing with his father, Andrew (top right), at one of their favourite fishing spots near Carnac Island off Fremantle - south of Perth on Wednesday morning when some unexpected drama interrupted the beautiful calm day. Dave was filming Andrew, who had just hooked a salmon and was about to reel in the fish, when a four-five metre great white shark appeared (left) when all hell broke loose.

Daredevil tourists have a thrilling new ride to add to their bucket lists - the longest rollercoaster zip line ride in the world. The nearly one-mile long attraction, which opened last Sunday, whizzes, dips and dives through the Ourimbah State Forest at TreeTop Adventure Park in Central Coast, Australia.

Firearms, cash and drugs are what strike force police expected to find inside the clubhouses of Australia largest outlaw motorcycle gang , the Rebels. But behind iron gates and reinforced metal doors, they uncovered the hidden play rooms where hardened bikies relax and unwind on leather lounges, shag fur chairs, pool tables and even an 'indoor beer garden'.

British tourist Nick Hamblin was sent off to remote bushland near the Central Coast, north of Sydney, on a weekend adventure trip by his girlfriend Sophie Summerfield with no camping equipment or food for a birthday treat. Miss Summerfield has booked the trip as a surprise and packed everything she thought her boyfriend needed. Unfortunately she didn't read the email properly where it outlined he needed a sleeping bag, sleeping mat, water, head torch toilet paper and toiletries. Mr Hamblin, 32, told Daily Mail Australia: 'The ridiculous thing was I had a bit of camping equipment in my car like a torch and a sleeping mat which I left behind because I had assumed Sophie had packed everything for me.'

There was an undeniable connection between two-year-old Zackary Walton and his idol Jono Lancaster when they first met on Monday in Adelaide. Zackary, who has Treacher Collins Syndrome, had the opportunity of a lifetime to spend three days with his hero - a one of the world's most recognised people who suffers from the same genetic disorder. Mother Sarah Walton (right), who contacted Mr Lancaster and asked him to spend time with her son during his nation-wide tour to educate schools about Treacher Collins, says the 30-year-old of West Yorkshire has left a huge impact on her family. The rare genetic disorder - which affects one child in every 50,000 - prevents the skull, cheek and jawbones from developing properly.

Amazing colour footage of Melbourne in the 1940s has been discovered at a garage sale in California. It appears an unknown American tourist who sailed across the Pacific Ocean to holiday in Australia 70 years ago. His old 16mm holiday films were found of 'Kangarooland' in the 1940s including images not only of Melbourne but also Sydney and Brisbane. They have since been recreated into separate videos which have been edited and shared on YouTube. The footage illustrates some of the major transformations Melbourne's streets and transport since the 1940s while also showing some familiar sights including Luna Park (inset).

Intrepid Tomasz Furmanek spends his spare time gliding atop the waters in some Norway's most idyllic beauty spots and snapped the images with a GoPro from his kayak through the seasons. From perfect reflections (left) to sunsets (top right), snow-capped mountains (middle right) and even dark night shots (bottom right) the images take viewers on a journey through Norway's most spectacular scenery.

Alaska-based Rachel Munger gave her husband Dale the surprise of his life when she came up with an innovative way to tell him that she was expecting - and recorded it for all to see. After opening a package containing hints about the good news, Dale's delighted face caused such hilarity that it has now been beamed around the world.

The project is the brainchild of German photographer Julia Christe, 41, who has photographed hundreds of dogs for the project. Starring roles went to Huskies, Newfoundlands and an adorable Spaniel. The resulting photo series, which is called Freestyle, shows the pooches seemingly hanging in mid air.

Pictures of the vehicle and its controversial bumper sticker were taken in Leeds and is being spread across the internet using the hashtag #rapetruck. Detectives from West Yorkshire Police say they have spoken to the owner, believed to be fitness trainer James Hellewell, and the force say he has agreed to remove it. Mr Hellewell was warned that driving around with his sticker could be classed as a public order offence.

A fight broke out at Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria, California on Wednesday, and six students were arrested. Students who witnessed the fight say it got out of hand after a Sheriff's deputy punched a teen girl in the face (video of the incident was posted online, above). Dozens of police officers responded to the incident, and a helicopter circled overhead at one point, as the school was sent into lock down.