A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .

A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

A mother is living in fear after the stalker she holds responsible for her daughter's death is back on the streets, after serving just one year in prison .

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 .

THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .

An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .