Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42. I was 13st and loved my curvy figure. Lee was the perfect gentleman, and we quickly fell in love. We enjoyed nights out at fancy restaurants and cosy evenings in feasting on takeaways. But our romantic nights took its toll on my weight, and I gained four stone in as many years. Lee told me he'd love me at any size, so I wasn't too worried. However, my weight spiralled out of control after falling pregnant in 2003 with my son, Oliver. Three years later, I weighed a whopping 20st. ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ I asked Lee, as I stuffed myself into a pair of size-24 jeans.
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .