The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

Puckering up for a kiss, an affectionate pair of owls share a smooch for Valentine's Day .

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 .

A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

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

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .