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.
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .