Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .

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 .

Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

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 .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .