A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .

Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .

FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .

A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .