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.
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
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Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
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A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .