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.
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .