A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane.At just 34in tall, little Lexi Drake struggled to get by using even the smallest of white stick’s because it was too big for her tiny body.She is overshadowed by her friends as cute Lexi is the height of a two-year-old because she is one of the few people in the country to be affected by Turner‘s Syndrome, a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the sex chromosomes is absent.Her mum Anna had taken her to the opticians after she crawled into a table when she was a tot, fearing she may have problems with her eyes. She was told Lexi simply needed glasses, but two weeks later she devastatingly found out her daughter was in fact blind.
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
PILES of trash provide a living for thousands in Nairobi, Kenya .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .
A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A LUXURY baby cot has hit the shelves with a price tag just shy of 10 MILLION POUNDS .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .