A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF. Etherial beauty, Melynda Moon, 23, paid £250 to have her ears pointed to resemble the fanciful creatures from her favourite film, The Lord of the Rings. The human elf, from Guelph in Ontario, Canada has always felt like she comes from a different realm and believes she was a fairy in her past life. Ms Moon, who underwent the body modification in August 2011 changed her name by deed poll and admits she has always felt 'different'.
A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
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 .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .