Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .

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

A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .

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

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 .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .