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.
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
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 .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .