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 Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .