A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette. Louise Tanner, 50, from Worthing, West Sussex, couldn’t find a lighter, so decided to use the hob instead. But as she leaned over, her hair, which was caked in hairspray, instantly went up in flames. Louise was left with third degree burns on her head, face, ear and neck and has been left scarred for life.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
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 man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .