A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The magnificent mammals swim up to several boats full of tourists and get so close that the passengers can stroke the mother and baby whale. The special moment was photographed by lawyer Andrea Izzotti, 47, of Genovia, Italy. Andrea says: “The mother was milking her calf in shallow waters, but they are very curious animals and they came up to our boats to see the humans.
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .