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

A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .

Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .

MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .

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

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .