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 transgender woman has revealed how she was able to fund her transformation using £100K gifted to her by online admirers .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .
A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .