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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
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BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
