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.
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .