A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school. Meryem Davies, 38, was shamed into losing 10st thanks to her five-year-old son Thomas’ brutal honesty. Now the online shopper at Sainsbury’s from Pontypridd, South Wales, weighs a healthy 10st and is a trim size 10.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .