An 81-year-old woman was left with blood pouring from her eyes and part of her ear hanging off after two out-of-control dogs viciously mauled her on the street in western Sydney on Monday. Miichaela-Louise Platt (inset), owner of the dogs, said they were 'not aggressive' and were 'chained up at home' when she had last seen them. Four other people also had to be treated (left and right) by paramedics after they stepped in to rescue the elderly woman from the dogs' jaws.

For Sydney-based escort, Ryan James, it's his job to know how to please a woman between the sheets. He charges from $400 to upwards of $6,000 for his professional services. Mr James, who is in hot demand, said some of his older clients are divorcees, or even women who are married and aren't intimate with their husbands anymore. The escort said that many of his clients could easily pick up in a bar if they wanted, but they like the experience he provides.

He's the hunky reality TV host who never has a hair out of place during the rose ceremonies on The Bachelor But Osher Gunsberg showed a very different side of himself during filming of the finale of the show in Bali recently. The 42-year-old revealed his portly frame and unkempt hair as he slipped into a wet suit during some downtime in the small town of Padangbai.

Hundreds of adults have shared amusing photographs comparing their first and last day of school. Some have edited themselves together, while others recreated their favourite throwback snaps. One man appeared to be patting his kindergarten self on the head (right) while another appeared to be standing with his arm around his year seven self (left). One woman donned a similar dress and recreated a photo with her father while others compared their first day of school with their graduation photos and final days at medical school.

A Sydney mum has created a brilliant pop-up carrier (left and right) that creates a dark and quiet space for babies so they can sleep on flights. Emma Lovell (inset) came up with the idea for the FlyBabee after travelling to the UK with her five-month-old daughter Aimee. Now parents are going crazy for her creation, saying it's saved them when travelling.

A woman has been charged with theft after going on a bizarre 'off grid' vacation with her 'paranoid' family whose unfounded fears for their lives sparked an interstate man hunt. Ella Tromp (left), 22, was charged with theft of a motor vehicle and possessing the proceeds of a crime after she and her sister Riana (bottom right) became concerned about their parents mental state and abandoned their family trip last Tuesday. It took five days for police to locate the family of five - including mother Jacoba (top middle), son Mitchell (bottom middle) and father Mark (top right) who is believed to have encouraged the family to flee their Victorian home amid fears their lives were in danger.

NEW Married At First Sight bride, Bella Frizza (pictured), explained that she doesn't want children, adding that she prefers to focus on her career. The 31-year-old Gold Coast radio host said that having kids is 'not part of my plan', and also spoke about the pressure young women are often under to become mothers.

Both drivers at the centre of a collision (pictured) between a truck and car in a Sydney tunnel are to blame for the incident, police say. Footage of the truck refusing to let the vehicle merge into its lane (left) before the pair eventually crash (right) has divided the internet, with social media users split about who is at fault. But police attempted to finally put the debate to rest on Monday afternoon, saying both drivers need to be more aware of their surroundings. The video, which was captured on a dash camera of a car on Thursday, shows the large truck and Toyota jostling for position in the single lane of a tight Sydney tunnel. While the truck seemingly could have easily avoided a crash by slowing down to let the car in, the driver's decision and determination not to has been a source of controversy.

Melbourne police constable Varli Blake (pictured), 35, who had her whole face 'practically ripped off' in an explosion two years ago, has recalled the moment she asked nurses if she was going to die. Ms Blake (pictured before the accident in the inset) received serious burns to more than 30 percent of her body in January 2014 when a man's apartment exploded during a welfare check, placing her in the hospital fighting for her life. Unable to speak, Ms Blake used her feet to repeatedly ask nurses and her sister 'am I going to die?'.

A moving new video from the Fernwood Fitness women's gyms around Australia asked 50 girls between the ages of three and 12 (pictured) whether they've ever been told they can't do something because they're girls. The girls resoundingly say yes, before offering inspirational reasons for the reasons they can do whatever they want to do.

NEW Dramatic images show forest fires raging close to Xabia, south of Valencia amid fears the blaze was started deliberately yesterday. Holidaymakers and residents are being evacuated to schools and hostels in the area while some 20 homes are said to have been destroyed in the blaze. It comes amid high temperatures which are due to last well into the week ahead. One British tourist described the scenes as 'horrendous'.

The world was shaken by Michael Jackson's tragic death back in 2009.  But now thousands of people are preparing for their worlds to be shaken once again, after being led to believe the beloved singer is actually still alive and well. Commenting on a spooky car selfie posted by his daughter Paris Jackson, 18, many are now claiming that the shadowy form on the backseat behind her is actually the resurrected King of Pop. One user questioned: 'Who's that in the backseat???' While another openly hoped: 'Oh my god, Michael Jackson is it really you?'

Animal enthusiasts believe they have captured footage of the extinct Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, wandering around a backyard in Adelaide in February this year. The footage, which lasts about three seconds, was posted online by the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia. Researcher Neil Waters claims the animal in the footage is a small thylacine. The thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, became extinct in 1936 when the last known animal died at Hobart zoo.

Brock Turner (pictured left and right at home in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio on Sunday) was released from jail Friday after just three months behind bars for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. He will now serve three years of probation and will be on the sex offender registry for life. The former Stanford swimmer was found guilty of three felonies: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated person, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object, and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object. Turner was spotted walking near his Sugarcreek Township home, where protesters lined up on Friday, the day of his release.

Mad Monday is always a time for NRL teams who have nothing more to play for to let their hair down after a long season, and Parramatta Eels were no different as they went on a fancy dress harbour cruise in Sydney (main). Stars like Michael Jennings dressed up as an Arab sheikh and Corey Norman was seen in a multi-coloured 1980s disco outfit as they posed together on the boat with Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background. In one infamous booze cruise Roosters star Mitchell Pearce was stood down and fined $50,000 for simulating a sexual act with a dog (inset) on Australia Day.

A Melbourne woman has been criticised online after taking her children to a Slutwalk protest to raise awareness of sexual violence against women and allowing them to make signs for the rally. Catherine Manning shared a photo of her sons Lachlan, 13, and Jem, 11, (pictured) with their posters and was told by commenters that it wasn't appropriate for them to be there. But Ms Manning said that she thinks Slutwalk is a great place for kids and that she's proud of her sons for standing up for what they believe in.

A grandmother and her four daughters are believed to have kept their 20 children and 18 dogs in absolute squalor at a home in Victorville, California (inset). Cops say the home was 'complete filth' (pictured) - there was black mold, no electricity or gas, dirty dishes everywhere, human waste and even two dead dogs in the house. The five women were arrested on child cruelty charges. Two of them were also allegedly under the influence of a controlled substances. The children and the dogs have been taken by authorities and put into proper care.

A Melbourne police officer has been photographed taking a picture of a mural of the controversial scene from Kanye West's music video for 'Famous'. The police officer double parks his car to take the cheeky snap of the art that shows music superstar West in bed with his wife Kim Kardashian and a bare breasted Taylor Swift in Richmond a suburb in the south east of Melbourne.

An instructional guide handed out to volunteer soldiers protecting Australia (inset) during the peak of World War II explains the best way to kill invading Japanese and German 'enemies.' The booklet, which offers advice on 'the technique of stalking' (left), 'street fighting' (right) and 'the art of sniping', belonged to a soldier from south-east Queensland that served for four years in WWI and re-enlisted for the WWII in 1942.

A nail technician, Brandalyn Mae Porter, from Texas, painted an elderly woman's nails pink recently (left), after the woman had initially said she wanted clear-coloured nails because she thought her hands were 'ugly'. Ms Porter told the woman: 'Your hands tell the story of your life,' and the results of her manicure and life lesson have since been shared 12,000 times on Facebook. New Zealand designer, Karen Walker, also recently aired a campaign starring older hands (right).

Despite the awkward glance, UK PM Theresa May and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull have laid the foundations of an historic free-trade deal on the side of China's G20 summit. Britain's post-Brexit pioneer Ms May said the strong ties between the two nations is why Australia 'will be one of the first countries we will be looking to.' The announcement came at the G20 meeting to revive global growth.

NEW Jet ski instructor Jonah Cooper (top left inset) rescued a baby wallaby from drowning in the middle of Noosa River in Queensland. Mr Cooper returned the joey back to the caravan park it had jumped out from (main). The entire rescue took Mr Cooper less than four minutes to complete.

A photo of a magpie appearing to 'nest' on a woman's comfortable double bed has triggered plenty of concern on the internet that Australia is about to face a particularly savage swooping season. Some of those to comment on the picture have even called for a cull of the black and white bird, which is infamous across for its swooping attacks during the spring nesting season. This follows academic reports that Australia will face a longer and more aggressive nesting season after a warm and wet winter.

Jasmine Milton, 20, from Shropshire, says her Siberian Husky Anuko has amassed nearly 11,000 Instagram followers, hundreds of gifts and even modelling jobs. But despite his fierce looks, Jasmine insists he is a lovable and affectionate pet. Now she is set to spend the cash on her dream career in medicine. Just months before she bought Anuko, Jasmine had attempted to end her life in 2013, after struggling with an undiagnosed case of bipolar. With A grades predicted in her A-Levels, Jasmine is now set to attend Plovdiv Medical University in Bulgaria next year.

Malia Obama wore a tee-shirt with the words 'Smoking kills' on it at the Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sunday (left and right). The 18-year-old, who is taking a gap year and will attend Harvard in 2017, also sported a crimson baseball hat with an H on it - a nod to her future alma mater. Sunday's lineup at the festival included Coldplay, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, and Chance The Rapper - whom Malia saw at the 2014 edition of Lollapalooza. Just a few weeks ago, Malia was pictured smoking at this year's Lollapalooza (inset), with a witness claiming her cigarette contained marijuana.

What with food porn and dogs being two of Instagram's favourite things, the @DogsWhoBrunch profile is on to a winner. Showcasing an array of adorable dogs next to traditional brunch food and drinks, it is billed as a home for 'dogs with exceptional palettes, and the humans who love them'. The Instagram account was originally set up by a New York-based couple who prefer to remain anonymous.

Brad Kearns (left), a gym manager from Tuggerah, New South Wales, has had three sons but his first, Buddy, was stillborn. He penned a moving post about his first ever Father's Day, explaining that he was still a dad despite little Buddy being born sleeping. 'The fact that we couldn't take him home with us didn't change a thing. The fact I would never teach him to kick a ball didn't matter. We held his hands and we called him our own. He was the first little boy I ever made that promise to,' he said. Mr Kearns had Buddy's handprints tattooed around his neck so they are positioned like an 'eternal cuddle.'

NEW A security camera caught footage of a woman stirring up a blaze at the back of the Honda (pictured). Police believe this is Carmen Chamblee, 19, who was arrested near Clearwater on Saturday and charged with second-degree arson. Chamblee said she believed the vehicle belong to her ex boyfriend, according to the police. But the owner of the Honda, Thomas Jennings, said he has never seen her before and has no idea who she is. He said his roommate was the one who told him his car was on fire. Both men tried to extinguish the blaze but Jennings said it was 'too much'.

Instagram star Sjana Earp posted a series of racy bikini snaps from a lavish villa in Indonesia (left and right). Next to the pictures the 21-year-old beauty from NSW gave an inspirational take on the benefits of travel. Some of her 1.2million followers criticised the pictures, saying she was not qualified to share 'deep thoughts' on travel when she only stayed in luxurious resorts.

Karin and Chris Rooney, both 31, of Texas (pictured with their children, left), have spoken about how the Miracle on the Hudson changed their lives - the 2009 event in which a plane made an extraordinary landing on the Hudson River (scenes pictured top and bottom right). The couple, who now have two young children, said the remarkable event brought them closer and that without it, they would not have their children. On January 15, 2009, Captain Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger saved 155 passengers on when he landed on the Hudson River. Less than a year later, the couple who at the time had a relationship on the rocks, married and went on to have a daughter and son.

A video has emerged purporting to show a mistress and wife fighting in the ward of a hospital after they came to visit their sick partner, before realizing it was the same man. The footage, which seems to have been shot by a nurse, shows the women grappling on the floor as the man tries to separate them, before one woman tries to throw something at the other. Little else is known about the footage, such as where it was filmed or who the people involved are.

When it comes to ripping up the artist's rule book, you can't get much more left field than this. Chan Clayrene, from Singapore, creates beautifully intricate and detailed fashion sketches, with nail varnish (pictured). The artist has 11,000 Instagram followers, who love her quirky, creative designs.

NEW From a Japanese volcano mid-eruption (top left) to the snaking tendrils of an Iranian lagoon (bottom right), a new book capturing breath-taking aerials of planet Earth will be released this week. Overview: A New Perspective is a collection of images inspired by New York author Benjamin Grant's Instagram account, Daily Overview. His stunning images showcase the dusty makeshift community at Nevada's Burning Man festival, a labyrinthine settlement in the orange sands of Abu Dhabi's desert (top right), as well as the surprising organisation of Ipanema beach (bottom left). He hones in on the mesmerising serenity of Angkor Wat (top centre) and the intricate design of New Delhi (bottom right).

A hashtag is going viral on Twitter, because it celebrates thighs in every shape and size. The hashtag was started earlier this year by the South African 21-year-old woman, Mixo, and it has now seen submissions from women all over the world who want to celebrate a body positive message (pictured).

More than 13,000 houses and 87 churches were destroyed when the Great Fire tore through London over four days in September 1666. At the time the walled inner city was a tightly-packed warren of winding, cobbled alleys crowded with timber framed buildings that were quickly consumed by the flames. Tonight London paid tribute to the destruction and the recovery by setting the 400ft sculpture (inset) on fire.