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.
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .
Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .