A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

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 .

SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .

These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .