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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .