A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits. Nicole Mealey, now 28, was forced to get a part-time job at university to fund her fatty life-style. And, by the time she graduated in March 2013, her weight had ballooned to 23st. Struggling to find flattering clothes for her size 24 figure, Nicole vowed to shed the weight. Now the pretty brunette weighs 12st 10lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 12.
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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 SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .