A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics. Declan Bitmead-Ellis, from Carshalton, Surrey, developed the life-threatening condition toxic epidermal necrolysis (TENS) after taking Amoxicillin for a tonsillitis infection. Shortly after taking the tablets in March this year, his entire body developed blisters and he was slipping in and out of consciousness. Doctors warned his terrified parents, Ashleigh Ellis, 28, and Andy Bitmead, 26, that he might not survive the condition, which has a 30% mortality rate.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .