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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
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 .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .