Magical photos of your baby smiling for the first time are a priceless treasure for many a proud parent .

A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .

Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

Posh pooch owners are lapping their pets up in luxury by paying £1,500 for 22ct gold lined fine china DOG BOWLS .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

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

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

MEET the painter who makes his living squirting paint from his EYES .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .