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 makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .