A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane.At just 34in tall, little Lexi Drake struggled to get by using even the smallest of white stick’s because it was too big for her tiny body.She is overshadowed by her friends as cute Lexi is the height of a two-year-old because she is one of the few people in the country to be affected by Turner‘s Syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent.Her mum Anna had taken her to the opticians after she crawled into a table when she was a tot, fearing she may have problems with her eyes. She was told Lexi simply needed glasses, but two weeks later she devastatingly found out her daughter was in fact blind.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
INTIMATELY showcasing personal artefacts from a family's life, this abandoned bungalow has been left to rot for almost a decade .
A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .
A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .