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.
The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .