When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love. After going through a divorce and battling a painful abdominal disorder, the professional makeup artist and mum-of-one knew that she could handle anything. But at 22.5st and a size-30, there was just one thing in the way of finding Mr Right. So a determined Janet vowed to shed the pounds to gain a man. She has now dropped 11.5st and an astonishing NINE dress sizes to slim down to a perfect size-12. Plus she’s bagged a hunky fella to boot.
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
WELCOME to the Hidden Beach - the world's most idyllic BOMB SITE .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
A man has spent almost £100K on lip fillers, Botox and designer clothing in a bid to look like Kim Kardashian .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .