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 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 .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .