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.
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .