The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

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

Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .

Sarah Gould, before weight loss Mum told "get down the gym fatty" -A 20 stone woman who was told "get down the gym fatty" on a night out has shed a third of her weight in time for her dream wedding .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .

A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .

Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .