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.
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .