From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A woman who had three botched nose jobs finally feels pretty after forking out £8 .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .

A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .

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

Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .

AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .