A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .

FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .

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 .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .