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.
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .