A grandma who lost almost 12 stone after undergoing a gastric bypass has revealed that she now gets chatted up by men half her age. Paula Howson, 43, from Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, once weighed in at 22st 7lbs and was a size 26. Men shouted ‘You fat cow!’ at her from their cars, or whispered ‘Look at that fatty’ to their friends on nights out. But after losing 11st 10lbs and dropping seven dress sizes following an NHS-funded gastric bypass in 2010, the dinner lady is inundated with compliments from much younger men.
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
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 scorned woman sparked a punch-up in an airport after she caught her copper boyfriend returning from a romantic holiday with a female police officer .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A woman has revealed how she was left scarred for life after accidentally falling into a bonfire at a friend’s BBQ .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
GUITARISTS that want to lay down some slick licks will soon be able to get their hands on a brand new guitar - made from oil cans .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .