Shocked mother is reunited with the daughter she placed up for adoption 17 YEARS earlier - after her younger child recognized the big sister she'd never met from photos

A mother has revealed how a chance encounter brought her face-to-face with the teenage daughter she bravely placed with an adoptive family 17 years earlier.

The 'wonky' star system spotted for the first time.

Scientists with the ALMA telescope have spotted an unusual formation of gas and dust in a double star system 146 light-years away.

Jailed three times, Hanif Johnson is the youngest judge in Pennsylvania.

When Hanif Johnson declared his intentions to run for a magisterial district judge seat in Harrisburg, people scoffed at his decision, considering his young age and his few brushes with the law.

British base-jumper sang 'Happy birthday' to his friend then died after failing to jump far enough from cliff.

A British wingsuit base-jumper sang 'Happy Birthday' to his friend then died from 'unsurvivable injuries' after he failed to clear a cliff ledge on an 8,000 ft high Italian mountain, an inquest has heard.

George The Lonely Snail Has Died And Now His Species Is Extinct.

The world has said goodbye George the lonely snail who died at the grand old age of 14. As many celebrated going into a new year, George, the last of his species the Achatinella apexfulva said goodbye to life and the Hawaiian tree snail became extinct.

World's first robot hotel makes android staff redundant as they 'annoy guests.

The world's first robot hotel has ditched half its 243 android staff - as they do not work as well as humans.

Nurse ‘pulled baby’s head off during birth!

A nurse delivering a baby pulled its head off and then hid the body, according to reports.

Fate of 10 Million Children Uncertain as Nigeria’s Religious Leaders Clash Over Education Initiative.

Six-year-old Mohammed from Kano State, Nigeria, has never been able to have a normal childhood. While his peers enjoy a more regular upbringing, Mohammed earns his living by begging on the streets, having lost both his parents at a tender age.

Dad accidentally feeds hot sauce to his newborn son.

A dad says his Christmas period was ruined after a light-hearted Facebook post about accidentally feeding his newborn son hot sauce resulted in a visit from the police.

Women spends €4,500 on her dog's funeral .

It's always heartbreaking when a pet passes away. For most, they are a major part of the family and we love them just as much as we love our siblings. However, this woman went above and beyond after her dog, Captain, passed away on Christmas Day. The 11-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier died of a cardiac arrest on the operating table. He was buried on New Year's Eve. Captain's owner, Sasha Smajic from London, said that she didn't eat for a week after his passing and spent her time organising his funeral - his €4,500 funeral. Between floral arrangements, a statue of the dog, a horse-drawn carriage, the funeral service, the burial and a dove release, the funeral totted up to cost around £4,000 (€4,500).

She told LadBible: "Captain deserved a special send-off. For some people he was a dog, to me he was my baby - he was everything to me and always will be."I don't think we should differentiate [between animals and humans]. If you decide to have a pet then you have decided to have a kid in your family and they should have the same respect as humans."I don't think I'll ever celebrate another Christmas. I don't think I would ever have the strength to do that a piece of me has gone."When he died I couldn't talk to anyone and locked myself in my room for seven days, I couldn't eat."I still have this physical pain in my heart, it's like someone has ripped something out of me and it's empty in there."

Husband Pens Funny Apology Note After Learning Wife’s Sad About Him ‘Cheating’.

A woman was disturbed by a dream she had of her husband cheating. Upon hearing about it, the husband decided to buy her flowers and wrote a sweet and funny “apology.

Hundreds of spiders ‘rain’ from the sky in Brazil.

In what may be every arachnophobes worst nightmare, footage has been posted online showing the sky in Brazil filled with hundreds of spiders as they appear to rain down from above. The video shows spiders clustered in the air at Espírito Santo do Dourado, about 250km northeast of São Paulo, with locals describing the seeing the sky “raining with spiders”.

China are the first to plant seeds on the moon.

China's Chang'e-4 mission has successfully started growing plants on the moon. Cotton seeds can be seen sprouting in a photo released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

Breaking News!Theresa May suffers historic defeat after MPs reject her Brexit deal.

Theresa May has suffered a historic defeat after her Brexit deal was rejected by MPs in the House of Commons by the largest margin in modern times. The House of Commons voted by 432 to 202 against her Brexit deal, making it the biggest Commons defeat for a British government in over a century.

How an egg became Instagram's most-liked photo ever!

A picture of an egg has become the most-liked picture in Instagram history, garnering more than 25 million "likes" in 10 days.