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.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .