A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

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 ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

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

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

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