Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week and have received a special card from newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .