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.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
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 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .