WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state. Instead of using traffic lights to control the stop and go flow of the cross-roads, attractive women dressed in perfectly crisps and identical outfits dangerously stand along in the middle of the road on a small platform. Displaying riveting focus, they are only allowed to turn counter-clockwise, directing traffic with forceful and halting movements. They have been the subject of photographic study for many years but French photographer Eric Lafforgue, 49, captured these moments during six trips to the Marxist country.
A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .
Louise McManaman, 50, from Liverpool, started seeing Ian Blackburn, 62, in November 2021 .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
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 .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .