STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .

A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .

Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .

SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .

A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .