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.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .