A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .

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 .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .

A pair of bank myna birds fight it out in front of their ladies .

Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .

WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .