A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

EXTRAORDINARY elephants create beautiful paintings in Thailand .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

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 .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .

An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .