With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .

TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .

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

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .

A GIRL nicknamed JAWS by bullies who taunted her because of her underbite is em-bracing her new post-surgery life .