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.
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 .
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 .