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.
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .