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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
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 .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .