Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .

TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .

A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .

A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .