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.
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .
A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .