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Intelligence, good looks, military training and a lust for adventure to boot - meet the real life Prince Charming. Will Gregor (centre and top and bottom left) from Devon is an ex-marine turned model who quit his regimented military life in favour of a summer of freedom in a stunningly renovated VW van (top left and right, and bottom right).

Incredible photos of from a theme park in North Korea provide a rare glimpse at what families from the communist state do for fun. Candid snaps show thrillseekers clinging on to a rickety rollercoaster with a vague look of fear on their faces (top right), while another shot shows children causally armed with bow and arrows at an open-air stand (top left). Taesongsan Park, which opened in 1977 and is around seven miles from Pyongyang, boasts around ten to 15 ride and attractions. Other images show the tracks of the big rollercoaster (bottom right), dodgem carts in action (bottom left) and the ferris wheel turning (centre).

The Eagle & Child, in the market town of Ramsbottom in Lancashire, was crowned John Smith's Great British Pub of the Year beating stiff competition from across the UK. Run by licensee Glen Duckett, the Eagle and Child serves the local community with more than just quality food and beer. The pub impressed judges with its commitment to social enterprise: giving opportunities for disadvantaged young people in the community to learn new skills and enjoy a fresh start.

As pilots, they are trained to be risk averse - especially mid-flight. But one aviation expert has become an internet celebrity for the daring stunts he performs to capture the ultimate selfie. Brazilian Daniel Centeno, 31, has dazzled Instagram users after he was spotted hanging out of the cockpit mid-air in a number of viral posts.  

Thanks to her cost-cutting measures, which see her save £600 per month, Bridie Wilkins, 23, from London, has checked into dozens of luxury resorts in 19 countries. And she is set to hit Copenhagen, Los Angeles and Mexico over the coming months. While Bridie's life might appear to be very glamorous on the surface, she says it hasn't come without a price. She says she has given up a lot of her social life to travel. While she used to be a big fan of nights out, she now thinks they seem a huge waste of money when she could be making 'memories that last a lifetime'. Pictured: Bridie enjoying the Maldives (top left, bottom right and inset), reclining on a boat in Ibiza (top right) and sunning it up on the Sorrento Peninsula (bottom left).

From gun practice to seaside jaunts and basketball games, these candid photos reveal what nuns get up to in their free time. Clearly distinguishable in their calf-length habits and wimples, sisters are seen out and about in various locations, from the Philippines to Lisbon and America. Pictured: (From top left, clockwise to centre) A group of smiley nuns armed with a selfie stick in Vatican City, a sister wielding a gun, nuns at the beach, two sisters having a snowball fight and one getting to grips with a hoverboard.

It has been more than two years in the making. But visitors to Northern Ireland's capital city can finally enjoy Belfast's stunning new Titanic Hotel, which officially opened for business over the weekend. The dazzling development, which cost a staggering £28million, welcomed its first-ever customers on Sunday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony capped 24 months of dramatic renovations to the former Harland & Wolff headquarters, where the historic vessel was conceived and executed in the early 1900s.

The beauty of the Hebridean islands has been laid bare in a series of stunning images. They were taken by BBC presenter Paul Murton and appear in his new book, The Hebrides, which is dedicated to the vast cluster of islands off Scotland's northwest coast. The pictures include white sandy beaches, clifftop lighthouses and tranquil bays, as well as iconic shots of the multicoloured house fronts of the town of Tobermory, used as the setting of popular children's TV show Balamory (bottom left). They underscore why Scotland was crowned the most beautiful country in the world by Rough Guide readers.

Images have emerged on Imgur of men around the world wantonly risking their lives for the sake of completing a manual task. Or in the case of the group who put a trampoline on the terrace at the top of a block of flats, going about having fun in a manner that can only be described as hazardous. File the photographs here under 'how not to stay alive'...

A collection of excruciating horticultural fails has been gathered by one cheeky Instagram account, known simply as S***Gardens. Featuring a gardener painting his lawn green (top, left), a chicken's garden party (top, centre), a lonely palm tree on a bleak balcony (top, right), topiary lemurs (bottom, left), bra planters (bottom, centre) and a dashboard oasis (bottom, right) there's little to covet about these plots. The account welcomes submissions, with most of the gardens featured so far located in Australia.

Breathtaking photographs illustrating the emerald landscapes of Cornwall have been released just as the fourth series of hit period drama Poldark begins filming across the county. The stunning images, included in a new 128-page book, show a range of different landscapes, from sandy beaches to rugged rock faces. One shot captures the crystal-clear waters of the Trebarwith Strand (bottom right) with a lifeguard sitting on the edge of a rocky beach looking out to the horizon. Other images show a rainbow at Porthgwarra (top left), the Trevose Head Lighthouse (top right) and a bird's eye view of Zennor head (bottom left).

Getting visas to enter Turkmenistan can prove tricky - MailOnline Travel was recently denied entry. But for those forbidden access to the mysterious former Soviet country, a stunning new video offers an insight into what the place has to offer. Intrepid explorer and photographer Jay Tindall recently went on a trip through the landlocked state and he hit some unusual spots, including the 'sinister' capital of Ashsbat and the burning 226ft-wide Gates of Hell crater. Pictured (from top left, clockwise to centre): The Gates of Hell crater, the capital of Ashsbat, red rock canyons and examples of Soviet-style architecture.

This remote archipelago of 332 islands, 106 of which are inhabited, and 522 smaller islets is scattered across the South Pacific Ocean, about 1,300 miles from New Zealand's North Island. The country is the embodiment of a tropical island paradise: crystal clear waters are fringed with spotless white beaches, exotic birds squawk from the lush and verdant greenery while coconut palms gently undulate in the breeze, writes Keiligh Baker. She stayed at the five-star Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort (top right, bottom right, bottom left and inset) and Musket Cove, on a nearby island (top left).

Incredible clips show how enormous blades - ranging in length from 52.4 metres to a world-record 88.4 metres (288 feet) – have been transported by road on the back of trucks in manoeuvres that resemble surreal mechanical jousting competitions. One trucking firm in China – CIMC Vehicles – was tasked with transporting 90 wind turbine blades to the top of 2,900metre-tall (9,500ft) Baoding mountain in Yunnan province (pictured).

Jake Wallis Simons and his family have just returned from a P&O; voyage to the Norwegian fjords. He declares it one of the most relaxing and beautiful holidays they've ever had. In fact, the secret is already getting out; a record 1.7million Britons took to the waves on cruise ships last year.

Most people can only dream of escaping the rat race. But, for one brave man, that wasn't enough - and, to prove it, he swapped his entire life in Europe for a remote existence in the Caribbean. Christian Gusenbauer (pictured), 41, was a respected pharmaceutical company manager in his native Austria, where he enjoyed a lucrative salary and enviable lifestyle. Now he is living a life 'better than I could imagine'.

The Seawise Giant, a Japanese-built supertanker completed in 1979, was so vast it couldn't navigate the English Channel, and so mighty it served another 21 years after being sunk in Iran in 1988 (inset) by a missile strike and subsequently renovated. Weighing more than 564,000 tonnes and measuring 1,500ft in length, she was the largest ship ever built - but was finally broken down for scrap at an Indian shipyard in 2010, a task that took thousands of laborers.

EXCLUSIVE: UK-based pilots Paul Fox and Ashish Raval, who fly for Monarch, have thousands of Instagram followers thanks to the stunning images that they upload. And they’ve allowed MailOnline Travel to publish a selection of their snaps. Raval, from London, who’s been with Monarch for 18 months and is based at London Gatwick, says that gazing down at the Alps is his favourite view from the cockpit over Europe, where Monarch flies. Captain Fox, who’s been flying with Monarch for 12 years, agrees that the range is ‘always an amazing sight’, but added that when Monarch used to fly to America, he enjoyed peering down at the ice sheets over Greenland.

Cliveden House, pictured, beat the likes of Soho Farmhouse and London's Ham Yard Hotel to win in the Best UK Hotel Category at the annual Condé Nast Traveller Awards. Built in 1666 by the 2nd Duke of Buckingham as a gift to his mistress, Cliveden House in Berkshire has always offered visitors an impressive dose of glamour and intrigue. New York was named as the world's best city and Italy took the gong for the best country to visit.

When a male peacock spider senses a female, it begins the mating ritual by lifting its legs and flashing its stomach in a sequence that looks like a dance. Dr Jurgen Otto spotted the five new species of spider on his travels through Western Australia. The Jotus auripes spider (top right) has almost holographic bristles at the front and is bright orange at the back, and was spotted by Dr Otto on July 22. He is yet to name the other four new species, which were found from June to August.

The London hotel is claiming that the four poster in the Royal Suite, pictured, is the most comfortable bed in the world, saying it 'transcends all levels of comfort currently available'. This is thanks to the bed being made, in part, from fibres of the noble Khangai yak (inset), but the experience of sleeping on it doesn't come cheap. A night in the bed - called the Savoir No1 Khangai - costs £1,400, and for those who want to enjoy the luxury of The Savoy’s Royal Suite at home, the bed is available to buy starting at £70,525, while the topper can be bought separately for £13,250.

A father-of-one has described his holiday hell after a family break turned into a nightmare - due to the allegedly squalid conditions of the resort. Jani Jance, from London, travelled to Greece with his wife Mirela, 41, and son Eliot, seven, in early August. But, despite assurances that the Margaret Hotel in Rhodes was rated three-star with 'recently refurbished' rooms, he found himself confronted with unhappy guests and poor conditions. 

These pictures show Britain’s largest and most luxurious beach huts, which have just been built. Measuring 23ft by 11.5ft, the huts are about twice the size of the traditional seaside shack and come complete with all the comforts found within a residential home. The two cabins, which have a mezzanine level and can sleep up to eight people, are now available as holiday lets. Power to the electrical appliances, including a full height fridge, is provided by solar panels, while there’s a gas oven and hob for cooking on.

Majestic snapshots of Derbyshire that illustrate its history through the county’s most popular landmarks have been showcased in a new book. The seasonal shots were taken by Richard Beresford, who was born and bred in Chesterfield, and appear in his new book, Derbyshire in Photographs. It features lush green valleys (top left), babbling brooks (top right), jaw-dropping lakes (bottom right) and the intriguing Salt Cellar rock formation (bottom left).

A British couple who were the first people to run the length of South America have detailed their extraordinary exploits in a new book - and revealed that they really didn't want the epic jog to end. Katharine and David Lowrie, from Devon and Northumberland respectively, ran from Cabo Froward in Chile, the southernmost tip of the continent, through Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and finally Venezuela to the Carupano and the Caribbean sea between October 2013 and December 2014. Spanning 6,504 miles in 14 months, much of the journey was caught on film - and now stunning pictures from their book show them on their adventure running through the Brazilian Amazon, taking in the breathtaking carretera austral of Chile and stopping at remote schools to give presentations along the way.

If your working day begins and ends in a cramped train carriage or stuck in an inner city bottleneck, look away now, or prepare to be made green with envy. The 'world's greatest commute' has been revealed in an amazing 360-degree interactive video that takes viewers through coastal Norway on what really could be the most beautiful drive to work. The five-mile virtual journey starts at a single house in a sleepy-looking coastal community in Averøy but soon viewers are out on the Atlanterhavsvegen - or Atlantic Ocean Road - heading to Norway's mainland.

They say perspective changes everything. And where Ratchada night market in Thailand's capital city is concerned, that's certainly true - as stunning aerial shots of the popular tourist spot have proved. While shoppers are often struck by the ground-level sights and sounds of the multi-coloured vendor tents, bird's-eye images have revealed its similarity to 80s computer game Tetris.

Celebrities seem to spend half their lives hopping on and off planes. So it's hardly surprising they often get spotted at airports. And while many don the black sunglasses and rush through to avoid detection, others - as these photos prove - are only too happy to stop and pose with fans. Pictured, clockwise from top left, Kristen Stewart; Selena Gomez; Jamie Dornan; Rosie Huntington Whitely; Cara Delevingne at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand; and Harry Styles at Glasgow Airport.

The Mail on Sunday's Steve Turner toured the Greek island of Hydra (pictured), where Leonard Cohen lived for six years at a pivotal time in his early career. The Douskos Taverna (inset) is where Life magazine photographer James Burke took this photo of Cohen alongside his friends in October 1960.

The Daily Mail's Travel Editor Mark Palmer checked in to the Finca Cortesin (pictured), a lavish hotel on Spain's Costa del Sol with 67 suites, four restaurants, one with a Michelin star, a golf course and three swimming pools. Finca may look as if it were built in the 17th century, Mark writes, when in fact it’s just eight years old and was one of the last projects of the revered interior designer Duarte Pinto Coelho.

Can you spot it? French photographer Florian Ledoux, 28, has captured phenomenal photographs of a polar bear from above with his drone. The giant white beast can be seen trekking across a vast archipelago of ice islands in the far Canadian north. Rising temperatures have transformed the area in Nunavut territory - well inside the Arctic - into a land of lagoons and streams, making the bear's search for food increasingly difficult.