An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
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 .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
