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 .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .

A woman was left shocked after her hunky boyfriend confessed he was actually born a GIRL .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

A mother-of-two has revealed how her son became a human fireball after a dangerous 'TikTok challenge' went wrong .