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.
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Pic By HotSpot Media - ‘WORLD’S SMALLEST CINEMA’ IN OAP’S HOUSE -IN PIC- AN OAP film buff has brought the big screen to his home and built the world's smallest cinema in his BEDROOM .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .