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.
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .