STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

A Hereford woman has lost 10st 3lbs after ditching her £260-a-month takeaway habit .

A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .

A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .

When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .