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.
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
Meet the sisters who have both been diagnosed with a one in 3 .
Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .
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 .
WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .