A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life. Vikki Horsman, 21, suffered horrific burns after jealous Mohammed Rafiq, 80, paid two thugs to throw sulphuric acid in her face, four months after she broke up with him. The care assistant from Smethwick, West Midlands, says: “The attack has completely changed my life. 'I’m scarred for life and the mental scars may never go.'
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
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INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
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MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .