Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

A man has spent almost £100K on lip fillers, Botox and designer clothing in a bid to look like Kim Kardashian .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .

WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .