A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure. Hellen Ellis, 40, from Rowley Regis, West Midlands, once ate 14 packets of cheese and onion crisps per day, but says she never realised how big she was until she took a photograph with the former Take That singer at his ‘Since I saw You Last’ tour in April 2014. Shocked into action by the unflattering selfie, the size 30 supermarket sales assistant underwent a gastric bypass and has dropped an astonishing nine dress sizes to a size 12.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
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With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .