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.
From the tails of fighter planes to black and white checked buildings, graveyards take different and unusual forms around the world .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
In April 2018, Lourdes Cuello, 50, from New Jersey, US, was making a cup of tea when her hair and hoodie caught fire on her gas stove .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
A former chocolate addict, who used to gobble more than a THOUSAND bars a year, has shed an astonishing 10st after giving up her favourite treats .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .