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.
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
On June 23, 2017, Coral Denakis, now 27, woke up on the morning of her wedding day to find a car on fire outside her hotel .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
In April 2018, Lourdes Cuello, 50, from New Jersey, US, was making a cup of tea when her hair and hoodie caught fire on her gas stove .