A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

A mother is living in fear after the stalker she holds responsible for her daughter's death is back on the streets, after serving just one year in prison .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .

A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .

A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .

GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .