A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her. Over a period of three years, Victoria Stean, 24, guzzled on five energy drinks a day - consuming an astonishing 69 teaspoons of sugar. By the time she was 21, her 5ft 7in frame had ballooned to 19st 7lbs. Confronted with a terrifying future after being told she was going blind, Victoria vowed to shed the weight – and save her eyesight. Now the pretty brunette, of Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, weighs 11st 7lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 10.
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
It’s the must-have for any true Disney fan: a Little Mermaid themed wedding .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .
Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .
A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .