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.
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 .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .