Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A little boy aged FIVE bravely delivered his newborn brother - then promptly saved his life .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .