HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .

Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .

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 .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

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

Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .