A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .

A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .

A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .

A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .

THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .

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

A little boy aged FIVE bravely delivered his newborn brother - then promptly saved his life .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .