Born without lips and chin, disowned by her family, she is to see one of Britain’s top  surgeons in the hope that she can finally smile.

Sunbathing in snow and swimming in thermal pool included.

How satellite tracking unlocks nature's secrets enabling us to follow woodcocks on their epic flights.

Appalling conditions in Alrosa's Mir mine forces end to search on submerged level 310 some 11 days after devastating flood.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Drivers take 12 days covering 7,000km to see how new 'plug-in' rechargeable cars cope with climate and landscape.

Construction launched on 3,968 kilometre 'Power of Siberia' gas pipeline.

Russian technology is capable of delivering aircraft to land on water and ice and bringing vital links to Siberian communities, Shoigu says.

The language is included in a new digital talking dictionary aimed at preserving some of the world's most endangered languages.

Pyramid is literally frozen in time, captured on camera by Vladimir Prokofiev.