AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

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 .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

AN UNEMPLOYED factory worker has proved his immunity to snake venom by letting a deadly mamba bite his bare arm .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .