A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure. Hellen Ellis, 40, from Rowley Regis, West Midlands, once ate 14 packets of cheese and onion crisps per day, but says she never realised how big she was until she took a photograph with the former Take That singer at his ‘Since I saw You Last’ tour in April 2014. Shocked into action by the unflattering selfie, the size 30 supermarket sales assistant underwent a gastric bypass and has dropped an astonishing nine dress sizes to a size 12.
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .
A man who was stabbed ten times in a frenzied and random attack has told how, two years on, he is too scared to leave his house without his STAB VEST .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .
Have you ever wanted to emulate the Duchess of Cambridge's style? Well, now there's an app for that .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .