A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .
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High street giant Harvey Nichols has come under fire for a "disgusting" ad campaign that depicts a woman peeing herself .
football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .
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These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .