Desperate parents are pleading for help to cure their six-year-old daughter of a rare cancer that causes her eyes to bleed - and POP OUT. Brave Dhanika Tripura, six, was seemingly totally healthy until just six weeks ago when her eye area started to swell up, with blood building up beneath her skin. Medics diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukaemia and she needs £11,550 to pay for specialist treatment to save her life. Her desperate parents Dhanya Kumar Tripura, 45, and Shashikala,...

These hilarious pictures show kids who burst into tears in Santa's grotto - including one lad who's blubbed every visit for three years. The gallery of images have been shared online by mums and dads whose children have not enjoyed meeting Old Saint Nick, Youngsters traditionally visit Grottos and stare in wonder and joy at Father Christmas as they tell them what they want in their stockings. But there boys and girls have instead turned on the waterworks. Vienna Sather,...

A family are celebrating Christmas in style by building a life-sized Millennium Falcon - on their ROOF. Colby Powell and his four children built the 28.5 ft long, 20 ft around, and 5 ft thick replica of the spaceship used by Han Solo in the sci-fi saga. With help from family and friends, they also created a 23-foot replica of the Death Star on top his house two years ago when Episode 7 the Force Awakens was released, which was...

Bingo: The King of the Mornings is directed by the Oscar-nominated editor, Daniel Rezende, who worked on Meirelles’s City of God and Bingo is his directorial debut and Brazil’s official Academy Awards entry for best foreign film. It is ultimately a redemption drama, based on the true story of the former porn actor Arlindo Barreto, who in the 80s was a huge hit throughout Brazil playing the character of “Bozo”, a clown on Saturday morning children’s TV. Barreto played “Bozo”...

When you visit a museum that occupies the fields of science or natural history there is often a screening room playing a documentary about the state of the world or showcasing one of the wonders of the world. It is these films that Mountain a documentary, funnily enough, about mountains from Australian film-maker Jennifer Peedom reminded me of. There are some truly stunning images captured by Peedom in Mountain as her camera swoops and soars over the highest peaks in...

Dubbed a “ramen western,” Tampopo shares the narrative skeleton of, you guessed, a western. Substitute gun slinging for noodle kneading and you’ve taken a step towards the flavour of Jûzô Itami’s film. But, like a steaming bowl of noodle soup, Tampopo is a film for the soul packed with the kind of hearty warmth that you want to take a bath in. Tampopo (Nobuko Miyamoto) is a single mum who, after the death of her husband, has taken over his...

Over the last seven years of austerity the number of homeless people has sky rocketed. Around 80,000 families, couples and single people have been forced to live in temporary accommodation, as they have no home to call their own. The number of households living in temp accommodation was 79,190 in September. This figure includes numerous families who lost their homes in the Grenfell Tower frire. Back in December 2010 the number was under 50,000, a large figure but the increase...

Manchester City vs Tottenham Guardiola’s City have broken the record for most Premier League wins in a row – all but guaranteeing they will win the title this season. There certainly looks no way of beating them, with City comfortably dealing with Mourinho’s United. There’s been huge controversy following the derby, with the United manager criticising the way City celebrated – but after a victory like that, they have every right to celebrate strongly. They still face a tough ask...

Europe's most prolific 're-watcher' has been revealed as mum and baby who watched Bee Movie .. 357 times this year. Netflix revealed one unnamed UK user as Europe's most prolific "re-watcher", now we can identify her. Gemma Chalmers, 29, told how the 2007 movie about a bee which sues humans for stealing honey is the "only thing" that will stop her baby from crying. Professional cleaner Gemma, 29, only discovered the film soothes six-week-old Jaxson by accident. Gemma told how...