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 .

A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .

A mum who weighed just 8st 1lb at eight months pregnant has battled her eating disorder to give birth to a healthy baby girl .

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

A couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week and have received a special card from newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .