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.
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BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
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 .