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.
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .