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.
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A 20st mum-of-four who was dangerously obese has lost half her body weight after her son drew her as a BLOB at school .