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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
Whenever 46-year-old Melo Masi steps out of his front door in Berkshire, he risks being mobbed by strangers desperate for a selfie - all because of his incredible likeness to Hollywood megastar, Johnny Depp .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
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 .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .