A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A loving daughter has set up a Facebook page in a desperate plea to strangers, to donate a kidney to her dying mum .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .