AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .

Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

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

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .