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.
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 .
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 .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .