A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .

Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .

THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .

After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .