Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

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 .

TWIN SISTERS from Australia have taken their sisterly bond to the extreme by spending £150,000 to look IDENTICAL .

Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .

This Robin Reliant appears to have taken a wrong turn after it ended up 15 feet high up in a TREE .

Here’s a pair of shoes that really are fit for a princess, and with a price tag of more than £276,000, they are the most expensive shoes in the world .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .

A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .

SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .

THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .