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.
Commuters were put in a HOLE lot of trouble after trains were cancelled by a hole created by BADGERS .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .
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A teenager bullied for having birthmarks all over her body now hopes to become a Hollywood actress to show girls that beauty comes from being unique .
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AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .