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.
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .