Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .