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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .
An eight-year-old boy who lost his legs and left hand to meningitis is standing tall after learning to walk on his prosthetic limbs .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .