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. Jemma Rixon, 20, had been left on her own to work a night shift at the Potens residential home in Birkenhead, Merseyside when she was attacked by schizophrenic resident, Craig Cantwell, 30, in July 2013. After Cantwell tried to rape her, Ms Rixon fled to an adjoining bathroom, where she hid as he hacked his way through the wall – a scene reminiscent of Jack Nicholson’s ‘Here’s Johnny’ clip in the 1980 thriller, ‘The Shining’...
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .