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.
While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .
A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Some parents would gasp at the thought of their children playing with a toy gun, but these Russian children are actually encouraged to take up real arms .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
A young woman who once weighed the same as 12-year-old girl has told how a severely malnourished cat helped save her life and beat her anorexia .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .