A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .

A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .

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

A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .

An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .

TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .

LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .