With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

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

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

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

Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .