AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .

SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .

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 British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .

Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .

A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .

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 .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .

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 .