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.
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .
Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .