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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .