Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
