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 .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

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 .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .