A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .

A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .

A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .

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

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .

A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .