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 .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .

A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age .

THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .

AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .

This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .

Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .