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 around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .