Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

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

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .

This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .

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

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A woman has released pictures of the horrific injuries she suffered when her jealous ex attacked her with a brick .

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 .

THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .

Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .