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.
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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 diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .