Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - BEAUTY QUEEN ACID SCARE: Miss England finalist, Karla Fitzpatrick, 19, at the Miss England contest .

With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

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 .

HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

A helicopter has crashed landed in Central London .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .