Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
An obese woman has lost 9st after an addiction to junk food left her £1 .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BEAUTY QUEEN ACID SCARE: Miss England finalist, Karla Fitzpatrick, 19, at the Miss England contest .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .