A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery. Matthew Booth, 20, shrunk to just 4st 5lbs after he began starving himself when he was 14. At his worst he stopped eating and drinking completely and at 18 was rushed to hospital, where his heart stopped and doctors battled for 20 minutes to bring him back to life. Incredibly, he has now made a full recovery and is hoping to become a personal trainer one day. The 6ft 2in student, from Bury, Manchester, said his problems began when he was relentlessly beaten by a gang of school bullies every day for over a year because he was 'different'.
A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her .
A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .