Ollie McAninch, 33, from Bath Somerset, was so stressed by the ordeal he developed shingles and was told to avoid his fiance for a month, leaving his big day in doubt. He had been driving along a country lane with his wife-to-be Clair Hart when they were intercepted by the gang. Wearing ski masks, they set off smoke grenades and brandished bats as they screamed 'get out of the f****** car, get on the floor!' He was then bundled into the back of a van before being bound, gagged and dressed him in a Guantanamo Bay-style jumpsuit. Personal assistant Clair, 30, who was in on the joke, pretended to be terrified as he was whisked away.

BA area manager Simon Taylor (top), from Staines, Surrey, made the cruel statements on his Facebook page as Judy Murray (pictured bottom with her son) was watching her son win the men's final at Wimbledon. The 46-year-old compared Judy to a 'recently salted slug' and 'a manatee's spleen', according to reports. The airline has stressed Mr Taylor has since apologised for his comments and said they are taking the matter 'seriously'.

Father-of-two Robert Poulton (top left and performing, main picture), from Heathfield, East Sussex, died after Jessica Christie-Sturges (bottom left), 19, also from Heathfield, crashed into his car minutes after her boyfriend told her their relationship was over. Mr Poulton, a baritone who had sung at Covent Garden and Glyndebourne, told emergency workers to tend to Miss Christie-Sturges first but later suffered a fatal heart attack caused by internal injuries after his ribs were broken by his seat-belt.

The plane spotters were watching a display at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire when the jet skimmed just a few feet above them as it came in to land. Some who had climbed on ladders to see over the fence to the showground cowered down as the multi-million aircraft whizzed past them, appearing to just clear the barrier yards away. Others sprinted for their lives and dropped to the floor in terror.

Carol Willard, left, thought she and English teacher Simon Jarvis, right, were a modern-day Romeo and Juliet when they met at Portslade Community College, Sussex. She married Mr Jarvis, now her ex-husband, in 1989 when she was 22. They had two children together — a girl, now 17, and a boy, 15. Three decades on she feels differently. Rather than star-crossed lovers, Carol believes she was a naive and impressionable young girl who was manipulated by a man who abused his position of trust. The pair are pictured when she was just 18, centre.

The Bill for abortions in certain cases was passed by a vote of 127 to 31. However, the historic vote has been overcast by Cork Fine Gael TD Tom Barry pulling colleague and deputy Aine Collins onto his lap in the Dail chamber. Embarrassed Mr Barry has apologised, calling his behaviour 'stupid' and 'disrespectful'.

Britain's spell of glorious summer weather will peak tomorrow, with the mercury expected to reach 33C on what forecasters predict will be the hottest day of the year. Today temperatures could reach up to 30C in some parts of the country, and sun-worshippers were out in droves soaking up the waves. The hot spell has turned this hillside near Brecon, Wales, into a carpet of purple foxgloves (top left), while in Richmond, North Yorkshire, teenagers flung themselves into the River Swale to cool off (below left) and children splashed in the sea off Barry, South Wales (right).

Jodie Madin (left), 24, was catapulted from the Tagada ride (bottom right) at the fair in Bentley Park, Docaster, South Yorkshire, where she was thrown up in the air and landed on her head. She finished the ride unaware she had a broken neck and the following day did a six-hour shift at work as a cleaner at a town centre bar. But after two days of being in pain she was unable to lift her head from her pillow and went to hospital where doctors diagnosed a fracture of the fifth vertebra on her spine (top right).

As she gazes down at her seven-month-old boy, with his shock of brown hair, Emma, a 38-year-old HR director, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, admits she still can’t quite believe little Theo is actually here. She she attributes it all to a controversial new treatment being pioneered in Britain. Untested, unproven and viewed by many doctors as a waste of money, it works on the premise that some women are actually immune to pregnancy: when an embryo tries to develop in their womb, their immune system goes into overdrive to destroy it as if it were an intruding bug or virus.

Currently only available in Colombia, the design is being marketed as eco friendly since it melts after the coke is consumed, meaning there is nothing left to throw away or recycle. A Spanish advertisement for Botello de Hielo (bottle of ice) shows beach-goers enjoying the ice cold beverages on a hot day, and then letting their bottles melt away in the sand.

When grocer William Straw, of 7 Blyth Grove, Worksop, died in 1932, his grief-stricken family decided to leave their family house exactly as he knew it - now it offers a fascinating glimpse into suburban British family life in the 1920s. With its dark painted walls, picture rails and larder full of tinned sardines and Bovril, it gives a unique insight into how the well-to-do local family lived between the wars.

Jamie Nokes (left) , 18, from Manchester, started the craze with his grandmother Jean Nokes as a joke between friends, but now the account has more than 40,000 followers. Jean maintains the same facial expression and wears the same dressing gown as she balances items such as an ironing board, a tin of paint and even a microwave on her head. The site has become so popular that Jean now gets recognised when out doing the supermarket shopping.

One of the most iconic artifacts from the September 11 terrorist attacks has been revealed after being kept under wrap for years. A three-story beam of metal that stood in the foundation of the World Trade Center's South Tower has become the basis for the memorial museum.

Lauren Fagen of Montreal, Quebec (right) wanted to indulge a lifelong love of big cats when she volunteered with the South African wildlife refuge Moholoholo (pictured). Everything was fine until she took her love a little too far and leaned in to kiss one of the ferocious felines and was partially pulled into its cage and received 'huge rips' in her flesh.

Andrew Whyte, 38, from Portsmouth, captured the scene of the famous Hovis commercial with our galaxy overhead after months of meticulous planning. He was able to accomplish the mission thanks to Dorset's 'no street lights' policy. He also had to go barefoot to avoid disturbing any residents who might then have turned their lights on - and then unwittingly ruined the photo.

The Royal Navy photographers deploy with warships and commando units all over the world, from Antarctica to Afghanistan and from the UK to the Far East. Clockwise from left: Mortar Troop from 42 Commando Royal Marines illuminates enemy positions in the mountains of the Mojave desert during an exercise; Royal Marines from M Company 42 Commando make a helicopter insertion; Leading Air Engineering Technician George Haskel, 23, with his new fiancee Emma Davies, 21, just after he had proposed to her; and Junior Command Course conduct their Final Exercise Land operation in March on a very cold Senny Bridge Training Area in Powys, mid-Wales.

The UK-based technology firm Cornflake has teamed up with a range of high-tech manufacturers to fit out a London house with gadgets costing £750,000. The state-of-the-art tech includes iPads in the walls, rotating bars, self-cook ovens, induction hobs and a 4-metre TV screen.

Lizl Donnelly, 42, was injured after a leak in a gas pipe caused the blast at her home in Milnrow, Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Within seconds, the quick-thinking mother-of-two jumped into her neighbour's paddling pool, which had been left full in their communal garden because of the hot weather. Despite her injuries, Mrs Donnelly, from South Africa, said the explosion has not put her off having another barbecue.

The 20-year-old American tourist was gored in the stomach and a 42-year-old Spaniard in the arm as they took part in a bull-run in Pamplona, where people race through the Spanish town's cobbled streets pursued by the animals. But the most terrifying moments occurred when a lone bull which had become separated from the pack attacked a second Spanish runner as he lay helpless on the ground after being mown down by the animal and tripping in front of it. The half-ton beast gored the 31-year-old twice in the groin and once in the leg.

Champion golfer Bubba Watson was so convincing in his sales pitch about hovercraft golf carts thatWindy Knoll Golf Club in Springfield, Ohio has ordered a fleet for their players. The craft also has the advantage of having a smaller impact on golf greens as traditional golf carts rest all of their weight on four tires but a hovercraft has a footprint 33 times lighter than the human foot, says designer Chris Fitzgerald.

Harley and orphaned kitten Tigger are now inseparable after trainee nurse Clare Evans, who works Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, took the kitten home. Harley has become a surrogate mother to Tigger and even produces milk to feed him.

The heart-stopping moment which happened on Fourth of July at a station in Washington D.C. was caught on surveillance camera. A man in a wheelchair lost control and fell into the tracks, landing inches from the high-voltage rail. He was saved by Army Spc Michael Menchaca and two other Good Samaritans.

It's a simple concept; thousands and thousands of sharks are sucked out of the ocean by a ferocious tornado then hammered onto the streets of L.A and sights of Hollywood... with devastating effects.

Ethan and Eilidh were born last Wednesday to the delight of their parents Derek and Ashley Whitton, who both 30, from Dundee, in Scotland. Mrs Whitton has twin sisters, Brogan and Robyn, both 21, while her mother Jacqueline Glennie, 52, also has a twin sister Elizabeth McKenzie completing the third generation. Although she was shocked to discover she was expecting twins too, Mrs Whitton revealed it had been 'predicted' to happen. Just two years ago a physic said she would follow the same fate as her mother and grandmother giving birth to her own two little bundles of joy.

From faded flags painted on to the side of buildings, to large ones that nearly engulf their proud bearers, the Stars and Stripes has become a regular sight in the U.S. Photographer Shannon Davis began to document how the flag has become a fabric of American life by taking pictures of it around her home country.

These new 'masters of the universe' seem to have a few things in common. They're coders by trade. They made their careers by writing computer programs and working on the technical side of Silicon Valley. They're all insanely rich. March Zuckerberg, pictured left with wife Priscilla, has a $13.1billion fortune. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, seen left with girlfriend Kate Greer, is worth $1.1billion. Kamangar was the sixth employee every hired at Google.

The trio, who call themselves the 'Golden Sisters' shot to fame after they were filmed giving a play-by-play account of Kim Kardashian's sex tape. Twins Terry and Josie, 74, and their 82-year-old sister Mary are shown watching Miley gyrate, then trying to imitate her dance moves.