A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral. Niamh Wynne, 18, from Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, developed a deadly obsession with calories after learning about them in a GCSE biology lesson. The then-overweight teenager soon became addicted to counting calories and over the next three years shed an astonishing 7st 7lb. At her worst, she weighed just 7st 6lb. A doctor warned her that she would either end up 'in hospital or in a coffin', so her devastated mum began planning her funeral. Now fully recovered, the carer says that almost dying gave her the wakeup call she needed to overcome anorexia.
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 .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .