A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette. Louise Tanner, 50, from Worthing, West Sussex, couldn’t find a lighter, so decided to use the hob instead. But as she leaned over, her hair, which was caked in hairspray, instantly went up in flames. Louise was left with third degree burns on her head, face, ear and neck and has been left scarred for life.
Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .