The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

A little girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis has taken her first steps since the illness thanks to her new 'Princess legs' .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .

Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .

THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .

RECORD BREAKING GRAN'S COLLECTION OF NEARLY 800 SHEEP HOTSPOT MEDIA – WITH PICS 0121 551 1004 By Katie Thompson A record-breaking baa-rmy gran with a love for sheep has amassed a collection of nearly 800 woolly wonders .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .