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 soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .
A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A young mum has told how a phantom pregnancy almost destroyed her dream of having a second child .
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
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 .
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .