Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .