Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground. Wearing her leopard print skirt and sparkly pink tights, six year-old Maci's big personality still commands the room- despite the 18-24 months label. The tiny school girl stands at just 99cm tall and weighs less than two stone - the same size as a toddler. Maci, from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, suffers from a rare genetic condition called Russell-Silver Syndrome, a form of primordial dwarfism that affects 1 in 100,000 babies.
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .