A 'cursed' portrait of a weeping child (second bottom right) was spotted at the scene of numerous house fires in Yorkshire and four people reportedly died shortly after sitting in a 'chair of death' (left) now in Philadelphia. An infamous mirror (bottom right) is said to contain the trapped souls of the wife and children of a Louisiana slave master, while a 'conjure chest' (top right) is said to have caused the death of 17 people close to another slave master, this time in South Carolina, who murdered a slave, causing her fellow slaves to have a conjurer curse it.

The 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist and reality TV star (pictured left during the interview) confirmed to Diane Sawyer he is reinventing himself physically in a bid to transform from male to female. The program, simply titled 'Bruce Jenner: The Interview', was watched by millions of viewers, including ex-wife Kris (pictured with Bruce right), Kim Kardashian and her supportive family. Many hope it will prove to be a giant leap for the transgender community, while others have expressed concern that it may make transgenderism a spectacle.

Former shelf-stacker Calvin Harris (pictured above right, and above left with rumoured girlfriend Taylor Swift) has risen to be one of the biggest stars in pop music in eight short years. He has worked with everyone from popstars Rihanna (pictured above, bottom right inset) and Ellie Goulding (pictured top right inset) Now the Dumfries lad has amassed a fortune of £70 million and owns a Beverly Hills mansion. His £70 million nest egg eclipses the fortunes of household names such as Kylie Minogue and Sir Cliff Richard. Yet walk into your local pub and it's a fair bet many people, unless they follow the charts, will never have heard of him. So how has a pasty-faced, gangly geek (he's 6ft 5in), who decided early in his career to eschew personal publicity altogether, turned into the biggest pop star in Britain?

Onlookers have described the horrifying moment they saw a surfer being mauled by a 'monster' Great White shark on South Australia's west coast. The man, who is now fighting for his life in hospital, was surfing about 350 metres offshore near Right Point at Fishery Bay (inset) in Port Lincoln National Park, when he was attacked at 9.50am on Saturday. Shocked witnesses recall seeing what they believed was a six-metre great white shark swimming away with the surfer's leg and a surfboard in its jaw. He was initially taken to Port Lincoln Hospital with life-threatening injuries but been been airlifted to Adelaide for further treatment.

The monkeys of northern India's Shimla region have a fearsome reputation - and as this video shows, for a very good reason. A teenager in the area discovered the hard way that the locals should not be toyed with after he pulled the middle finger at a monkey, which responded by jumping on his face and leaving him sprawled on his back (pictured clockwise from top left).

Nigel Farage (pictured) said the pain meant he was not 'firing on all cylinders' during the early weeks of the election campaign, but insists he is now 'back on form'. He revealed he was suffering after a flare-up of an old spinal injury and had been prescribed Temazepam, a strong sleeping pill and muscle relaxant. Mr Farage said he has cut his working day to 14 hours and may give up smoking. He was pictured smoking an e-cigarette yesterday (right).

During a live radio phone-in, a woman called Claire from Manchester challenged Mr Miliband over the 'totally avoidable' and 'horrific' death of her mother under the Labour-run NHS. She said that there was a 'total denial' from the party about what went wrong in her mother's case. The exchange is one of the first unscripted moments of the election campaign, which has been tightly-controlled and stage-managed with the party leaders meeting very few regular voters.

18-year-old Xie Xu (in black jacket) has been carrying his 19-year-old classmate and friend Zhang Chi (in blue jacket) to and from the school they attend together at Daxu High School in Xuzhou, a large city in the northern province of Jiangsu, in China, for three years (right). Zhang suffers from muscular dystrophy, a condition that weakens skeletal muscle which often makes it very difficult for those with the disease to walk or carry their own weight. The teenagers live in dorms close by to the school, and each day Xie carries Zhang from their rooms to the school, and back again, and helps him with daily tasks such as getting meals and washing clothes (left and centre).

The Prince, who looked calm during the ceremony in London, had been desperate to make the engagement but his appearance had hung in the balance due to Kate's due date arriving. Thousands flocked to the emotional service this morning, which was also attended by the Duke of Edinburgh, the three major party leaders, as well as Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones and Ukip leader Nigel Farage, who was not called upon for official duties. Nicola Sturgeon was notably absent from the event, sending her Infrastructure Minister Keith Brown in her place. The SNP leader, who snubbed a service last month to honour soldiers who gave their lives in Afghanistan, instead attended a memorial event in Scotland before heading to a party women's pledge in Glasgow.

The actor, who is promoting his new film Avengers: Age of Ultron, was asked what he thought of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's claim that superhero movies were 'cultural genocide'. The Hollywood star told said : 'Look I respect the heck out of him. I think for a man whose native tongue is Spanish to be able to put together a phrase like 'cultural genocide' just speaks to how bright he is.' It comes just three days after the 50-year-old, who plays Iron Man in the film, walked out of an interview with Britain's Channel 4 after interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy talked about his history of drug abuse and his time in prison.

In what must be one of the most far-fetched stories of recent times, an American tabloid is claiming Charles and Diana have a secret daughter called Sarah who was brought up in the States, the result of a doctor going rogue with a fertilised embryo. The Globe claims Kate - who is due to give birth to her second child in the coming days - even met the so-called 'sister' during her visit to New York last year (inset).

A property developer who falsely accused his neighbour's son-in-law of a racist assault in a row over a new driveway (pictured inset) smirked yesterday as he walked free from court (right). Sanjay Chaddah concocted a 'tissue of lies', claiming Dean Paton had kicked him and called him a 'P**i' following the 18-month boundary dispute in a genteel village in the Wirral - but it backfired when police discovered that the altercation had been caught on CCTV (left).

Programmer Charanjeet Kondal has used an application to create images of the new prince or princess. If he is right, the heir will have wispy blonde hair, dark brown eyes and a small nose when aged between two and four years old. The pictures of the new prince or princess were created using Mr Kondal's Morph Thing application.

Cruise ship The Anthem of the Seas (pictured centre) is sailing out of Southampton this summer and is full of entertainment features. Try your hand at skydiving, or eat one of the 18 restaurants onboard. Other entertainment highlights on board include dodgems (top left), a wave machine (top right), a luxury music hall (bottom left) and robotic bartenders (bottom right).

A couple who spent a lifetime paying off their mortgage have said it was a waste of time after a council scheme to sell neighbouring homes for just £1 has turned the street into a 'ghetto'. Linda and George Hunter, who raised their four children in their home in Garrick Street, Wavertree, Liverpool, became mortgage free around 15 years ago. But eight years ago, the street became part of a regeneration scheme and the council bought properties and boarded them up ready for demolition. Estate agents say the couple would now struggle to sell their home for much more than £1 as other houses in the street are being sold off at that price by the council.

A hiker exploring Chile's natural wonders got the shock of his life on Wednesday afternoon when the Calbuco volcano erupted (pictured) before his eyes. 'There aren't many people here,' the hiker says in Spanish in the video. 'Beautiful, the volcano there...'he says just before the volcano begins to blow.

According to new plans unveiled by Abercrombie and Fitch Co on Friday, the retailer will abandon many of the sexualized marketing ploys for which it is known in an attempt to lure back customers. In addition to losing the shirtless male models, the company has also promised to tone down its sexier campaign images, including those used on its shopping bags.

A Turkish Airlines flight from Milan to Istanbul made an emergency landing at Ataturk Airport today after its engine caught fire. It is the latest in a series of such incidents that have forced the carrier to divert or recall flights. Television images showed firefighters approaching the plane at the airport and putting out the fire, and the Airbus A320 aircraft's passengers were evacuated safely.

Historian Ruth Goodman sent six celebrities back in time to the early Victorian era to live and work as the poorest people did in a new BBC1 series called 24 Hours In The Past. Ann Widdecombe tried her hand at a coaching inn (left) alongside Alistair McGowen (top right) and Tyger Drew-Honey (bottom right).

Indian Rapunzel Smita Srivastava is the current record holder for having the longest hair in India, which was measured at 6ft (1.8m) in the Limca Book of Records. The local celebrity's hair now measures 7ft, and she dreams of one day knocking current Guinness World Record holder Xie Qiuping, whose hair was measured at over 18ft in 2004, off her perch.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Pictures have emerged of Veronica Bolina (left, before incident) lying face down and partially naked on the ground in front of a group of policemen and other prisoners at a jail in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 25-year-old had previously been arrested over an alleged attack on her 73-year-old neighbour. But an investigation is now underway amid reports she was set upon by officers on three different occasions after being taken into custody, leaving her face unrecognisable. Pictures appearing to show her ordeal were leaked online and have sparked outrage across Brazil.

Kevin Coulton from Manchester decided to stick his mouth in the rim of a glass because 'everyone was doing it'. But the 16-year-old was left with dark bruising around his lips and chin which lasted more than three days. Now he is warning classmates not to take part in the craze sparked by beauty-conscious youths desperate similar to celebrity Kylie Jenner's (inset).

Shattering its windscreen, this is the incredible moment a bus ploughed into a passenger plane at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan. The damage on the vehicle is clear, although it is unknown if the engine of the Boeing 777 jet was damaged or if anyone was injured.

Marco Evaristti (left), the South American artist who is based in Copenhagen, poured red fruit dye into the Strokkur Geysir, found around 70 miles to the north east of Reykjavik, at dawn. When they boiled, vibrant pink steam blew up from the ground as a result. Professing that 'nature belongs to no one', he did not seek permission from local authorities before the stunt.