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.
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .
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" .
A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
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 .
Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .
Commuters were put in a HOLE lot of trouble after trains were cancelled by a hole created by BADGERS .
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 .
Two dogs who couldn't keep their paws off each other have been united in matrimonial bliss after their owners shelled out $10,000 on a lavish canine wedding ceremony .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .