Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .

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 .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .