AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition. Debbie Mills, 24, fell pregnant despite having to cope with agonising nerve condition CRPS, for which she takes painkillers. But, as baby Owen grew inside her, doctors told her it would be too dangerous to him if she kept taking her medication. She came off the pain relief, but 28 weeks into the pregnancy she started having severe stomach pains, which were diagnosed as contractions – and they continued until Owen was born – at 37 weeks.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
Kaitlin pictured aged nine - Heart pounding, Kaitlin Womack stared in shock at a Facebook post on her phone .
A LUXURY baby cot has hit the shelves with a price tag just shy of 10 MILLION POUNDS .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .