A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .

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 loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

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 .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .

POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

KICKING back and relaxing with his arms outstretched, this chilled-out frog appears to be loving life as he takes some time out on a water lily leaf .

An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .