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 .

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

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .

When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a ‘thigh gap’, she didn'’t realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

It’s the must-have for any true Disney fan: a Little Mermaid themed wedding .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

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