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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
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A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
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These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .