A scoliosis sufferer was heartbroken to learn surgery would stop her dancing - but she battled through the pain to complete her GCSE dance exams and earn A* .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .

The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

A woman who suffered from body dysmorphic disorder has overcome her illness by becoming a LINGERIE MODEL .

DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .