A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food. Lillian Roythorne, 24, from Kidderminster, West Midlands, once weighed a whopping 19st and would scoff on grease-laden dishes three times a week. Her calorific habit soon took a dangerous toll on her health and after developing gallstones she vowed to ditch the spicy takeaways for good. Now Lillian has lost an incredible 8st, slimming down to a svelte size 12.
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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 .
AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .