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.
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
