The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

A couple have got engaged after the bride-to-be’s boyfriend set her a Facebook ‘likes’ challenge .

She was the 18th century celebrity who made men faint in awe of her beauty by her very presence .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .