A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her. Over a period of three years, Victoria Stean, 24, guzzled on five energy drinks a day - consuming an astonishing 69 teaspoons of sugar. By the time she was 21, her 5ft 7in frame had ballooned to 19st 7lbs. Confronted with a terrifying future after being told she was going blind, Victoria vowed to shed the weight – and save her eyesight. Now the pretty brunette, of Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, weighs 11st 7lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 10.
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
An artist has NAILED IT by creating beautiful and perfectly precise artwork using a hammer and 30,000 nails .
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 proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .