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 couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
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An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .