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 woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .