Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .

Something appears to have tickled this baby owl as he seems to be having a real HOOT .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .

More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .