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.
Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .
While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .