A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

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 .

WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .

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 left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .