Kieran Maxwell, from County Durham, was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma childhood cancer when he was 12, and had an above-knee amputation on his left leg on March 31, 2011 - six months after he was diagnosed. But the operation to halt the spread of the bone cancer cut short his dream of one day becoming a police officer.

The destination is now considered a 'right of passage into adulthood' for many young Britons who holiday in the sun and party along Magaluf's strip called Punta Balena. But earlier this month the resort hit the headlines after a video emerged of a teenage girl from the UK performing a sex act in public on 24 men after attending a party organised by the company Carnage Magaluf. Here, a series of photographs capture a typical day and night in the scandal-hit resort.

Arturo sits in a concrete enclosure at Mendoza Zoo in Argentina in temperatures of up to 40C (104F) and is said to have been depressed since his long-term friend Pelusa died two years ago. It is claimed the 29-year-old’s lonely life is causing him to display abnormal behaviour, including tilting his head and showing his teeth while pacing back and forth and rocking from side to side.

She is known for her casual style - but yesterday, Cressida Bonas opted for a more glamorous look as she attended a family wedding in Easton, Hampshire. The ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry (pictured centre and right, with another guest) looked stunning in a pink floral dress, which showed off her slender figure perfectly with an open back and thigh-high split. She teamed the floor-length number with a red bangle, patterned clutch bag and floral sunglasses as she watched Arabella Llewellyn and Thomas Burwell (left) tie the knot at St Mary's Church. The wedding was also attended by Cressida's mother, Mary, and Sarah, Duchess of York (inset).

Children's confused reactions to Nintendo Game Boy, the handheld video game console released in 1989, have been caught on camera. Los Angeles-based filmmakers Benny and Rafi Fine asked volunteers aged six to 13 to guess what the bulky device was, with suggestions including a 'telephone' (left) or 'television'. 'My dad had this', 10-year-old Caden declared as he tried to get the magnifying glass over the Eighties-era console (top right), while seven-year-old Evan said the games were boring and he felt bad for people of the past (bottom right)

The tombstoner was caught on camera leaping from Royal Albert Bridge, which was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and spans the River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash, Cornwall. Donning black swimming shorts, he scaled scaffolding surrounding the famous crossing, before plunging more than 60ft into the water below. It comes as emergency services, MPs and city councillors have issued warnings to young people about tombstoning over the summer months. The craze involves jumping from cliffs, piers and other structures, before entering the water below in an upright position 'like a tombstone'.

Michelle Clark, of Walkden, Greater Manchester, refused to give up on her fiance’s dream of having children - and she has now given birth to baby son Max (left), thanks to IVF treatment using her dead husband’s sperm. Karl Davis (bottom right, with Miss Clark) froze some samples before he started treatment for leukaemia as doctors told him it would affect his fertility. In January 2011, when Miss Clark was seven months pregnant, she went into premature labour. Her twins Karl was born weighing just 1Ib13 and his twin sister Ria (top right) at 1Ib12. Heartbreakingly, both died.

The current record temperature for the year was set earlier this month on July 4, with 28.7C (84F) recorded in Writtle, Essex, and Weybourne, Norfolk. The week will get off to a good start for the South, but the West must wait for unsettled weather to clear. The hottest UK city is expected to be London. But a severe weather warning for rain was in place this afternoon, covering the east coast from Hartlepool, County Durham, down to Folkestone, Kent. Pictured: People took cover from the rain under umbrellas in Cambridge today.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Strikes by Israeli warplanes killed 54 people in the narrow coastal territory, according to Palestinian officials, including one overnight attack which killed 18 members of the same family. And this afternoon thousands were fleeing their homes in northern Gaza after a leaflet drop warning of a possible campaign by Israeli forces that could start today. Any move to send ground troops into the densely populated Gaza strip would likely lead to a sharp increase in civilian casualties. So far 166 people have been killed, 30 of them children, officials said.

The five university friends, pictured, recovered the giant bluefin tuna, right, from shallow water near Kingsand in Cornwall. The 300lb fish was handed over to fishery officers from the Marine Management Organisation who sent it to the University of Exeter for a post mortem examination.

More than four years ago, North Carolina woman Rachel Friedman became paralyzed from the waist down after an accident at her bachelorette party. Now she and husband Chis Chapman (pictured on their wedding day three years ago, center) are planning on starting a family using a surrogate. However, some have criticized Friedman's pursuit of motherhood, saying her handicap would hinder her parenting. Friedman has shot back at the critics to say she knows plenty of parents who are in wheelchairs, and that she will be able to hold, feed and nurture her child.

After colliding on a corner during the Grand Prix in Germany Moto3 riders Bryan Schouten, far left, got up and picked a fight with his countryman, Scott Deroue, coming at him with a raised hand. Deroue, top right, then used his hands to shield his face before striking back, bottom right. The pair were then locked in a tussle before medics and race officials were able to pull them apart.

It's no big thing for 100,000 or more people to pack onto the main beach of Qingdao in China's Shandong Province during a summer weekend but it was extra crowded this weekend as temperatures soared above 30-degrees. But unlike many beach-goers a tan isn't the object of their day out.

When Wilson 'Connie' Edwards, top right circled, was filming the classic war movie The Battle of Britain, bottom right, he decided he'd keep the Spitfire he was flying instead of receiving cash. Now the stunt pilot is looking to sell the historic fighter, left, which has been stored in his barn in Texas for the past 40 years for £1.5 million. If the aircraft was returned to flying condition it could be worth £4 million.

Passers-by said they thought the 'bizarre' scene was a prank when the stretcher fell onto a busy street in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, on Friday afternoon. The coroners office have since released a statement saying they 'deeply regret' what happened, saying it was a malfunction. The body, which was retrieved within minutes, was not identified. The gurney appeared to be 'broken a little', according to a man who helped it back into the van.

A good pair of SPANX is every woman's secret weapon to looking slim and slinky under a tight outfit. But even when it's time to bare all on the beach, the shapewear brand's got British women covered with their swimwear line infused with signature technology. The 2014 range comes in a range of jewel tones and flattering cuts, all encompassing that SPANX 'magic' in the lining.

Jennifer Berman (far right with two children) killed her children Alexander, 16, (with Jennifer) and talented musician Jacqueline, 15, (also pictured with Bermann) before shooting herself, an autopsy report released this week reveals. The children's father, Richard Berman (pictured right with Alexander and Jacqueline), discovered their bodies at the Florida home in January after receiving a disturbing email from his ex-wife, and after her cousin called him to say Jennifer said she planned to hurt the children.

Eight assailants in military fatigues snuck in by boat and began unleashing a hail of bullets into the restaurant at Water Bungalow Resort on Mabul Island, off the north east coast of Borneo, shortly before midnight. Police guards, who were on duty there due to previous attacks on islands off the east coast of Borneo, returned fire but one was fatally wounded and a second is believed to have been dragged away as a hostage. The island is a popular destination for Western tourists attracted by the spectacular diving experience offered in the turquoise waters that are abundant with spectacular coral and exotic fish.

Those out trekking or mountain climbing for the day (or week) can grab a chilled water on the go or reward themselves with an ice cold beer at the end thanks to a revolutionary new cooler bag. The YETI Hopper cooler is a revolutionary shoulder bag keeps ice frozen for days on end without leaking, melting or causing any inconvenience. American company YETI, masters of the heavy-duty chill box, have now made ice coolers as portable as possible.

A pile of reclaimed timber, some leftover nails and hoping for the best is how most of us would view a tree house. Well, Russian design studio A.Masow has taken a far more sleek and stylish approach to the humble hideaway that childhood dreams are made of.

Positioned behind sandbags, the men's laughter soon turns to panic as the explosives cause far more damage than they had intended, and rocks rain down on them in the Donetsk region. They run and cower as the skyline erupts into flames. The massive explosion had been designed to destroy a road bridge connecting the towns of Gorlivka and Dzerzhinsk.

Cat cafes were devised to relieve Japan's residents from loneliness by allowing them to sip a cappuccino with a furry friend to stroke. Many small apartments in Tokyo do not allow tenants to keep pets, and so establishments hosting felines on their premises proved an immensely popular concept. Animal coffee shops have since spread globally seeing cat, owl and bunny cafes open in cities such as San Francisco and London. Now, in a brave new move, the world's first purring pub allows cat aficionados to spend time with the furry creatures over a cold pint of lager.

Denfield House, a colonial home in St Helen's Park, in south-west Sydney, is on the market for $1.2 million. Built in 1837 the house was originally owned by John Farley - the man who first saw Fred Fisher's ghost in 1826. Then a resident female ghost reportedly haunted Denfield's kitchen, she was allegedly a former owner would never go to bed until her husband was ready to join her.