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.
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
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 .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .