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 rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .