STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

RAISING his foot into the air, this cheeky monkey offers an unusual wave .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

A helicopter has crashed landed in Central London .

FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .