The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .

Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .

A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .