The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - EVANDER HOLYFIELD VISITS SICK KIDS: Evander Holyfield in Birmingham children's hospital, where he was giving presents to sick kids .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .

A Game of Thrones obsessed couple have fallen in love after meeting at a comic convention dressed as lovestruck characters Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drago .

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 .

Have you ever wanted to emulate the Duchess of Cambridge's style? Well, now there's an app for that .

Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California .