When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
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An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
In 2021, Anneka Watkinson, now 37, from Lancashire, met Chris, now 40 .
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A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
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A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .