A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .