A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .

An American man who suffered horrific third-degree burns to 70 percent of his body in a childhood accident has faced his fears by becoming a firefighter .

AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .