A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
Marisah pictured today with scarring to her left arm - A mother-of-one has revealed how she almost died after suffering a seizure whilst driving that caused her car to crash into a tree and burst into flames .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .