A woman who was left scarred for life by an acid attack orchestrated by her ex partner has told of her ordeal and her battled to rebuild her life. Vikki Horsman, 21, suffered horrific burns after jealous Mohammed Rafiq, 80, paid two thugs to throw sulphuric acid in her face, four months after she broke up with him. The care assistant from Smethwick, West Midlands, says: “The attack has completely changed my life. 'I’m scarred for life and the mental scars may never go.'
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
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TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .