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 .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

CONTRACT CANCELLED, DO NOT SYNDICATE .

A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

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 .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .