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.
Posh pooch owners are lapping their pets up in luxury by paying £1,500 for 22ct gold lined fine china DOG BOWLS .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .