A 9-year-old boy convinces his town to overturn its ban on snowball fights

A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target will be his little brother. Dane Best, who lives in the often snow-swept town of Severance, presented his arguments at a town board meeting Monday night, and members voted unanimously to lift the ban.

Knife Angel' sculpture standing 27ft tall and made from 100,000 confiscated and handed-in blades will go on display in Christmas warning against stabbings.

A sculpture of an angel made out of more than 100,000 handed-in knives will travel to Liverpool. The sculpture was created two years ago by the British Ironwork Centre in Shropshire to illustrate the impact of knife crime.

Single mother creates a magical 'Lapland' in their conservatory for just £150 because her daughter is too ill to go and see it for real.

The mother of a girl with a life-threatening condition has created an incredible 'Lapland' in their conservatory after her daughter was too ill to see the real thing.

Anti-smoking campaign at NW college goes viral.

A college in Xi'an has been gaining a lot of attention on social media in China for posting signs with amusing slogans to discourage students from smoking. An anti-smoking sign posted at the Xi'an Traffic Engineering Institute, with slogan writing "No girlfriend/boyfriend if you smoke".

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your mare! Horse boasts incredible long blonde hair like the fairy tale character.

A horse almost resembles princess Rapunzel as it shows off its incredible, long blonde locks. Haflinger horses are renowned for having long manes and this female, called Storm, boasts hair which has reached more than a metre in length over the course of six years.