A slimmer who had almost given up hope of losing weight has become one of the faces of a national weight-loss programme after shedding seven and a half stones.

Angela Moulds, of Burley-in-Wharfedale, flew down to London this week to be photographed as one of the success stories of the Sure Slim programme.

Angela, 35, was a dress size 22 to 24, weighing just under 17 stone, before she started the programme. She aimed for the realistic target of slimming down to a size 16 but eight months later, she hit nine stone on the scales – and celebrated a figure of a perfect ten.