AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery. Rebecca McIntyre, 21, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, became a shadow of her former self after she became addicted to restricting food due to the pressures of her GCSE exams. At her worst, her organs began to fail and she weighed just 3st 6lbs – the weight of an average six-year-old. Doctors battled to save her life after she collapsed at home and her heart stopped. Now fully recovered, Rebecca says that this gave her the wakeup call she needed to seek treatment for her eating disorder.
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 .
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .
A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .