MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .

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 .

Whenever 46-year-old Melo Masi steps out of his front door in Berkshire, he risks being mobbed by strangers desperate for a selfie - all because of his incredible likeness to Hollywood megastar, Johnny Depp .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .

THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .

WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .