Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .