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.
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
