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.
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .