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.
A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
CONTRACT CANCELLED - DO NOT SYNDICATE!! .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .