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.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .