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.
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .
A five-week-old newborn from Fife has become the UK’s youngest beauty pageant baby .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .