New mum becomes international bodybuilding champion just a YEAR after giving birth

Natasha Gilson, 29, from Didsbury, won the Fit Factor event at BodyPower Expo in Birmingham in front of 60,000 people a week ago, getting into shape jsut eight months after giving birth. Natasha gave birth to Anais in April last year, months after quitting her job at a law firm. She said: 'I want to strike while the iron’s hot. I’d love to turn myself into a brand. Maybe get a regular fitness slot somewhere or write a fitness column.'

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From size 24 to Miss South Texas

Keli Kryfko, 23 - the current Miss South Texas titleholder - weighed more than 200lbs when she was at middle school and wore a U.S. dress size 24. But at the age of 14 she decided to get in shape after hearing another student refer to her as 'the fat girl' when she failed a P.E. fitness test. 'I knew that that’s not what I wanted my definition to be anymore,' Miss Kryfko told CBS News.

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Caroline Wozniacki crashes out of French Open (but why was she playing in Irish colours?)

It was difficult to know what must have been more difficult for Caroline Wozniacki, stepping back out onto the court or facing the inevitable-if-polite probes about how she was feeling after her split with Rory McIlroy.

Fraudster convinced his countrymen he was a British aristocrat pal of William and Harry

A Chinese man who claimed he was the son of an English lord and friends with the British royal family was caught out because he could not speak English. 

Police probe into alleged match-fixing of World Cup friendly between Scotland and Nigeria in London

An investigation has been launched into tomorrow's World Cup friendly between Scotland and Nigeria over claims of attempted match-fixing.

Muslim husband who forced wife to convert to Islam and wear a hijab before he killed her while she was pregnant

A husband who strangled to death his pregnant wife two weeks after police arrested him for threatening to kill her with a hammer was sentenced to life imprisonment today.

Mohammed Badiuzzaman, 34, pleaded guilty to murdering mother-of-three Sabeen Thandi at the Old Bailey earlier this month. 

PREGNANT woman was murdered by 20 members of her own family for marrying the man she loved

A pregnant woman has been stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani high court - for marrying the man she loved.