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.
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
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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 German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .