Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .