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 cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A prolific drug dealer was caught red-handed in a car filled with amphetamines after he decided to park in a top copper's parking space - as a joke .
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WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .