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 grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
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 .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .