A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze. Gillian Jenkins, 56, from Penarth, Wales, once weighed a whopping 23st 10lbs. But after becoming ashamed of her large figure, she joined a Zumba class and has now lost 13st 12lbs. The gran-of-two has dropped an incredible ten dress sizes, shrinking from a size 30 to a size eight. And her van driver husband, Nick, 60, loves his wife's glamorous new look.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .