A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

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

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 .

A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .

A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .

Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .