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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .