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.'
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .