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.
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .