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 .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

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

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

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

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .