A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .

DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

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 .

HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .

A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .

A man has lost an incredible 20st after his addiction to food left him £15k in debt .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

A hero dog has saved the life of her asthmatic owner after waking her up during a severe asthma attack .

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .