When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
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Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
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A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
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ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .