A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks. Five-year-old Ellis Stacey developed a one-in-a-million condition that gripped his body, covering his skin in agonising blisters. Within days, the skin on his face, back, arms and legs had peeled off. His devastated parents, Kayleigh Drayton, 25, and aerospace technician Carl Stacey, 26, were warned that he could die within days as the condition ravaged his body.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A woman who suffered from body dysmorphic disorder has overcome her illness by becoming a LINGERIE MODEL .
Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .