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

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .

A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .

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 .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .