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.
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
