Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl. Born Zachariah, the psychology student hated wearing boys’ clothes and longed to wear frilly dresses and makeup. She even became the captain of her school’s netball team. After leaving school at 16, Ashlee knew she couldn’t live as a boy anymore, and with the support of her parents Elizabeth, 50, and Elwyn, 65, began to live as a girl. But her GP was less supportive, and when Ashlee asked to go on hormone therapy to complete her transformation, he turned her down for being too young
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .