A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach. Hali Jafari, 33, from Bristol once weighed a whopping 22st, but is now a svelte 11st and size 10. The mum-of-three forked out £11k on gastric sleeve surgery after her GP told her she had the cholesterol of a 70-year-old. Hali, a deputy manager for a cosmetic company, said: "My doctor gave me the wake up call I needed. I was slowly eating myself to death. I was in a terrible state.
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
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PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
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THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .