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.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .