Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside. Alone at home, the 24-year-old hid behind drawn curtains and refused to answer the phone. It had been days since she'd ventured out to see her mates and even the sight of a new text had her on edge. For months, Rebecca was a nervous wreck - all because of her ex-boyfriend.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .
In 2021, Anneka Watkinson, now 37, from Lancashire, met Chris, now 40 .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .