SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .