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.
LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A survivor of abuse has bravely waived her anonymity to tell how she was sexually assaulted from the age of nine - by her depraved grandad .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Louise McManaman, 50, from Liverpool, started seeing Ian Blackburn, 62, in November 2021 .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .