From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple. 10-year-old Alice Lewis has assumed the identity of Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy of Oz and Joan of Arc, thanks to her photographer mum and cosplay, a performance art which uses costumes and fashion accessories. For years Alice played make-believe while she dreamed of the day she had a happily ever after with a family of her own, which she found, aged 7, when she was adopted by James and Kelly Lewis, from Atlanta, Georgia.
Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .