A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful. Laura Moore, from Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, continues to strut her stuff and show off her sexy moves on the pole, despite being repeatedly fat shamed on social media sites. The 35-year-old sales assistant says: “Every time I upload a new picture to Facebook or Instagram of me doing a new pole move in class I’ll have some form of abuse online. “I’ve been told to ‘go kill myself’ and that ‘no one will ever fancy me’.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .