Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .

A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .

A Canadian photographer has captured crystal clear mirror images of Toronto's architecture reflected in puddles - simply by using his iPhone .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .