A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .

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 .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .

FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .

SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .

The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .