Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

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 .

While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun .

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

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

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .