Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .

A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .

CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .