An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
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 .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
Red squirrels are well known for their intelligence and curiosity but when one snapper caught this furry little guy trying to take his own self-portrait he couldn't help but be taken aback .