T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. TV footage showed bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene and the road strewn with debris.
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 .