A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000. Lyn Walcott, 68, of Hadleigh, Essex, was forced to move in with friends after she lent money to her boyfriend of seven years, Martin Forster, 57, to pay off debts and buy stock for his jewellery business. The mother-of two met Martin, a professional gambler, on a blind date in March 2005, and the couple quickly became an item.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .