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.
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .