Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .

A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .

AFTER splashing out on sexy black lingerie, Paige Way was excited for a romantic night away at a swanky hotel with her boyfriend .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .