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.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .