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 Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .