A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
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 .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
