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.
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .
Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .