A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age. Paula Howson, 43, from Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, once weighed in at 22st 7lbs and was a size 26. Men shouted ‘You fat cow!’ at her from their cars, or whispered ‘Look at that fatty’ to their friends on nights out. But after losing 11st 10lbs and dropping seven dress sizes following an NHS-funded gastric bypass in 2010, the dinner lady is inundated with compliments from much younger men.
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .
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WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .