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 weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
A woman whose daughter committed suicide after being raped as a child, has revealed she donated her organs - saving four peoples’ lives .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A mum-of-three lost half of her body weight after her daughter was teased by playground bullies for having a 'fat mum' .
A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .
From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .