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.
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .