Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half. But for super-sized mum Zeena Macdonald, 37, it was her worst nightmare. At 24 stone and a size 24, the home helper and mum-of-four was so ashamed of her appearance that she shunned date nights in favour of baggy sweatpants and a takeaway in front of the TV. When her husband tired of her excuses and ended their marriage in April 2011, Zeena decided to change her life for good and lost an incredible 13st. Now the former couch potato is a slinky size 10 and has never felt better.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
