When personal trainer, Victoria Spence dreamt of achieving a thigh gap, she didn't realise her obsession would leave her body gripped by anorexia. In a quest for bone-thin thighs, at her worst, the 20-year-old survived on just 600 calories a day - excessively exercising for over 10 hours a day. By January last year, she weighed a dangerous 5st 8lb - and medics told her unless she started eating more, she would be hospitalised. Care-free and body confident at 16, the pretty blonde from Worsley, Manchester, had always been happy with the way she looked. Standing at 5ft 6in tall, Victoria weighed a healthy 8st 5lb.
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
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Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
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AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
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An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .
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FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .