A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .

A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .

IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .

VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .