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
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 .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .