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.
From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .