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 .

A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .

WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .

Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .

Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .

A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .