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.
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .