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 pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
