A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months. Kirsty Watson, 20, was gobsmacked when GPs referred her to an eating disorder clinic after she complained of extreme weight loss, sickness and fatigue - all common symptoms of the inflammatory digestive condition, Crohn's disease. The budding journalist from St Helens, Merseyside, could barely leave the house as she suffered from agonising stomach cramps and was violently sick up to ten times a day.
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .