Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .
A woman has spent over £11k to get the perfect body after a 9st weight loss left her with excess skin .
ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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 .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .