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.
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Commuters were put in a HOLE lot of trouble after trains were cancelled by a hole created by BADGERS .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .