A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .