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 .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

A transgender woman has revealed how she was able to fund her transformation using £100K gifted to her by online admirers .

An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .

SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .

A GIRL nicknamed JAWS by bullies who taunted her because of her underbite is em-bracing her new post-surgery life .