A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps'. First-time mum Amanda Jessup was in complete shock when she was told by A&E staff that not only was she pregnant, but her baby was crowning. The 23-year-old from Folkestone, Kent, had thought nothing of gaining two stone in four months.
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
Meet the real life princess who has spent £10k transforming herself into nine Disney beauties .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show .
Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .