An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model. Pretty Taylor Crisp, 19, from Leicester, was born with femur fibula ulna syndrome, which left her with a shortened femur on her right leg, no kneecap or ankle and a missing toe. After contracting an infection in her right leg, Taylor was forced to choose between life in a wheelchair or amputation.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
A woman has told how she saved the life of her own rapist after he overdosed on pills shortly after attacking her .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A talented artist has created artwork with a KICKIN' twist by painting on his pregnant wife's bump .