MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare. Graduate Imaarl Duprey, 23 was in the land of nod for 59 days and acting like a toddler during the episode. She suffers from a debilitating sleep disorder - dubbed Sleeping Beauty Syndrome - which means she can fall into a trance without warning and snooze for 20 hours a day through episodes that typically last ten days. The rare neurological, called Kleine Levin Syndrome (KLS), affects around 1,000 people worldwide and also sees sufferers experiencing extreme exhaustion, paranoia and hysterical behaviour while in the grips of the incurable condition. During an episode Imaarl, a fashion worker of Lewisham, London, relies on round the clock care and assistance from her mum Kerry Griffiths, 46 and sister Shahnequa Duprey, 21.
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .