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 BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .

A restaurant famed for creating the 3lb cheeseburger has unveiled its latest culinary challenge – the largest chilli cheese hotdog in Europe .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .

A little boy aged FIVE bravely delivered his newborn brother - then promptly saved his life .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .

An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .

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