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.
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .