A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

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

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - McDIVING CRAZE GOES VIRAL - DRUNK students have brought the term 'extra-value meal' to a new level in a bizarre internet craze sweeping across McDonalds chains - McDiving .

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 .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .