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 .

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

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

Diners on this aeroplane are never disappointed with their meal, because the decommissioned aircraft is now home to an air-mazing McDonald’s restaurant .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .