STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

A TSUNAMI of predatory fish gather for their annual hunt .

These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .