A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .

At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .

Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .

Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .

TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .