A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her. Over a period of three years, Victoria Stean, 24, guzzled on five energy drinks a day - consuming an astonishing 69 teaspoons of sugar. By the time she was 21, her 5ft 7in frame had ballooned to 19st 7lbs. Confronted with a terrifying future after being told she was going blind, Victoria vowed to shed the weight – and save her eyesight. Now the pretty brunette, of Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, weighs 11st 7lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 10.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
