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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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 .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
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 .