Britain's smallest PUB run by a 98-year-old from her front room and only serves one beer
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These pictures show Britain's smallest pub - run by a 98-year-old from her front room who only serves one type of beer.
Mary Wright runs The Luppitt Inn and sits at a makeshift bar dishing out glasses of booze.
The pensioner only opens up three nights a week, from Thursday to Saturday, from 7.30pm.
There is no music or entertainment, and the toilets are located across the yard, but that hasn't stopped the pub in Honiton, Devon, making it a firm favourite with ale lovers.
Mary's pub has been featured in the real ale drinker's bible published by the Campaign for Real Ale, and the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The inn, previously known as the Red Lion Inn, was opened by Charles Wright, the grandfather of Mary's late husband Albert.
Albert ran it with Mary, who he had one child with, until his death in 1989 at the age of 73.
Since then Mary has run it alone, and despite being in exceptional health for age, her granddaughter Caroline and her husband Philip now help keep it open.
Mary said: “I was born on a farm on the other side of the village but I can’t remember if I came to the pub much before I married when I was about 22, and I’ve lived here since.
"I've enjoyed being a landlady, but I can't tell you many stories because my memory isn't so good these days.
"Caroline and Philip now open the pub for me. They don’t expect me to because I am in my nineties!
“I’ve always joined in with things and customers still come and see me where I’m sat so we still have our chats. Pubs can bring communities together."
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Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
Image by: Tom Wren SWNS
Inside the pub there is a fireplace, dartboard and a mix-match of small tables and chairs.
There are few seats to choose from, and an even limited choice of drinks. Its one and only beer is locally brewed Otter Bitter.
Cider lovers are also catered as Mary has a collection of unchilled Thatcher cans behind the bar, and also on offer is a limited selection of spirits, mixers and wine.
It’s cash only and there is no till.
Surrounding the bar is simple wooden shelves and the walls have a few decorations, including pictures of a beauty queen, and even a signed photo of Tina Turner.
Mary continued: “I don’t mind anybody coming in here.
“Years ago it was busy a lot of the time, especially weekends, but it’s not now. It has definitely gone quieter.
"Nowadays you probably get around half a dozen people during the evening."
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SCRUM-BELIEVABLE - Meet the incredible young rugby star who is scoring a hatful of tries - despite only having one ARM
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Meet the incredible young rugby star who is scoring a hatful of tries - despite only having one ARM.
Little Shay Dunster was born with half of his left limb missing but has always loved rugger.
Sadly, the nine-year-old's coaches in Blaenau Gwent, Wales said he had been bullied about his disability to the point where he wanted to give up.
But gentle encouragement meant he kept going - and now he's a local legend.
Shay recently took part in a rugby festival in nearby Cardiff and stole the show by scoring a staggering ELEVEN tries - catching the eye of some of the game's superstars.
Ex-Wales and British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton tweeted: "Tell Shay I said well done and keep up the amazing work. Inspirational."
Shay's mum, Donna, said international scrum-half Rhys Webb had also been in touch to lend his support.
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Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Image by: Anita Maric SWNS
Proud Donna said: "Shay absolutely loves playing rugby and it was amazing to see him play so well at the festival.
"He started with tag rugby about three years ago and loved it. He was worried about the tackles when it moved up to touch, but he hasn't stopped.
"He was on fire at the festival. It is great because it gives him so much more confidence, especially as he had been bullied in the past."
A spokesman for Shay's team, Trefil under 10's, said: "Shay's been asked 'how can you play rugby with one arm? '.
"The team has replied 'because he's talented'.
"He's been bullied to the point he has doubted himself and wanted to give up.
"But with a lot of encouragement he is still playing, he doesn't get treated any differently to the rest of the team and goes out on that field every week and gives it his all.
"He's our very own twinkle toes. Shay is a prime example that a disability doesn't define you as a person. Proud, proud, proud."
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A green-fingered couple rented an allotment to grow all their own flowers - for their WEDDING
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A green-fingered couple rented an allotment to grow all their own flowers - for their WEDDING.
Tyler and Aimee Morrison spent a year growing colourful blooms which adorned the guests, tables and venue at their nuptials.
Their flowers decorated the buttonholes of the groomsmen's suits and even the confetti was made out of dried petals from their plot.
They grew poppies, dahlias, Cosmos, and sweetpeas, as well as plenty of wildflowers, including blue cornflowers.
Their countryside wedding venue was filled with bouquets, table arrangements, and a floral arch of 20 different types of pink, white, purple and yellow flowers.
And they had enough left over to dry some out and press them - so that they could be showered with a confetti of their own petals as they walked out of the ceremony.
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
The couple grew all the flowers themselves in an allotment they took on just twelve months before their wedding on August 10 after almost nine years together.
The couple, both 25, from Salisbury, Wilts., described the gardening project as "a steep learning curve".
Tyler, a carpenter, joked: "Up until we got the allotment, my only real experience of gardening was that I had killed a few house plants.
"When we first got the allotment last summer we didn't really have a clear aim in mind. It wasn't our initial thought to grow the flowers for our wedding.
"We've always had the ambition of being quite self-sustaining, and growing our own plants.
"Once we'd decided we'd grow flowers for the wedding, it was quite a steep learning curve.
"We jumped in at the deep end. We had to prepare it all in the winter, so we spent quite a lot of time down there with freezing fingers.
"Then as it got closer to the wedding, with the heat of this summer, we were quite often down there watering the flowers at 7am.
"Sometimes we wouldn't leave the allotment until 10pm. Most of our weekends were spent down at the allotment.
"Minutes definitely turn to hours down there - but we enjoyed it. We weren't sick of it."
He added: "So much can go wrong with extreme weather - some days we would go down there and find the ground as flat as a pancake."
Tyler and his graphic designer bride, Aimee, threw themselves into their wedding project, growing 20 different types of flowers for their venue at Dean Hill Farm in West Dean, West Sussex.
And the couple were certainly not short of ideas on how to use their flowers to decorate their wedding venue.
Tyler said: "In the weeks leading up to the wedding we collected loads of jam jars and dotted them around with flowers in them.
"We also had a floral centrepiece on each table, and I built a wooden arch that we could decorate with flowers."
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Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
Aimee's six bridesmaids and Tyler's three groomsmen had bouquets and buttonhole flowers picked from the couple's allotment.
And Tyler said the most "time-consuming" part of the floral arrangements was drying out flowers and pressing the petals to be used as confetti.
He said: "Luckily we had more than enough flowers, and we got quite a good response from people.
"Loads of our friends ended up pitching in to help us arrange the flowers, so it all went smoothly. It was really, really good."
Tyler said his favourite flowers to grow were the small, round poppy seed heads - whilst his new wife preferred the "showy" flowers, like the dahlias.
And the newlyweds don't have any plans to stop there.
He added: "A friend of ours is getting married in three weeks and has asked us to do the flowers for their wedding.
"I think the aim is eventually to turn this into a small business. We've invested a lot in the allotment in the last year, and the flowers always grow back after you cut them."
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Image by: Jamie Wolfeld
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Video shows the moment a man picks up a massive stranded jellyfish with his bare hands
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This video shoes the moment a brave bystander rescued a massive stranded JELLYFISH - by picking it up with his bare hands.
Kind-hearted Belal Almassri, 34, was on his way home following a business meeting when he spotted the huge creature stuck against rocks in shallow water.
He said he didn't want to see the animal suffer, so took it upon himself to set it free.
But he soon realised he'd have to lift it, so had to pick up the stinger and push it back out to deeper waters off Plymouth, Devon.
He said: "I was walking back from a meeting with my mate along the Barbican when we just saw this huge jellyfish, I have never seen anything like it.
"We could see it was stuck and the tide was going lower and lower, so someone had to do something about it.
"I went down and saw it was moving so I started pushing it out into the water.
"We watched it for about half an hour afterwards and it was definitely moving so I think we managed to save it.
"It was so heavy I couldn’t lift it myself."
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Belal, who is originally from Palestine, was wary of the jellyfish's tentacles which can deliver a painful sting.
But, fortunately for him, the worst injury he picked up was a small cut on his foot from a sharp rock.
"Some people did warn me that it could sting me or be dangerous but I am aware that there is a certain way of holding – not from underneath," he said.
"I took it from its head and pushed it away.
"I was not really scared. The water was very cold though!
"When I got out I realised I had a cut on my foot but it was nothing serious."
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Motorist plunged into four foot deep pothole - then climbed inside it
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A motorist thought "hell had opened up" when his vehicle hit a four foot deep pothole - that was big enough for him to climb inside.
Stunned Grant Parker, 46, was driving down a residential road when part of the concrete suddenly collapsed under the weight of his wheel.
The front portion of his Volvo C30 disappeared into the void and Grant couldn't believe his eyes when he got out and saw a four foot deep hole had appeared.
Pictures taken by a resident on Granville Terrace in York show the motorist inside the hole with his head and shoulders popping out of the top.
A City of York Council spokesman said the hole was the result of a sewer collapse, which occurs when escaped water washes away the structure of a road until it gives way.
Workers from Yorkshire Water, which is responsible for York's sewage system, have filled the hole in since it appeared on March 25.
Grant, who works as a landlord, said: "I was driving down the street and all of a sudden the car just sank down and went into a hole.
"It did some damage to the car, and I'm still waiting for the insurance to deal with it.
"There was just a little mark in the road, and as I went over it, the whole car dropped at one side.
"I got out and thought it was unbelievable.
"You could see a tunnel under the road. I thought hell had opened up or something."
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He added: "I actually got in the hole, it went right down and you could see right under the road.
"The hole has been filled in but only recently.
"It was cordoned off for a while because they couldn't move any cars because the road was unsafe."
Fortunately Grant was able to reverse out and take the car to a garage for repairs.
He said he's already spent £200 having work done to his vehicle and is yet to hear whether insurance will cover the costs.
A spokeswoman for City of York Council said the authority's highways identified the hole as a sewer collapse.
She said: "This is caused by water escaping from somewhere and washing out the structure of the road, over time, until a void is created.
"The road surface will hold up for so long and then the void becomes too large and the tarmac fails."
She confirmed the road had been repaired, adding that "liability will not be with City of York Council".
The spokeswoman said an insurance claim had been received but that it would be redirected to officials at Yorkshire Water.
A Yorkshire Water spokesman said: "We carried out sewer repair work on Granville Terrace on April 5 and completed it on April 12.
“We are sorry to hear Mr Parker damaged his vehicle whilst the road surface was damaged and we repaired the road as quickly as possible once we were notified of the issue on April 3.
"In circumstances like this it is the insurance companies who resolve any claims."
FLIGHT THEN FIGHT - Seven Brits were bundled off a budget flight after it made an emergency landing following a row between passengers - with one allegedly SPITTING at a woman, witnesses say
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Seven Brits were bundled off a budget flight after it made an emergency landing following a row between passengers - with one SPITTING at a woman, witnesses say.
Onlookers claim two groups of lads forced the easyjet flight from Manchester to Tenerife on Thursday (3) to divert to Portugal after a bust up.
The ruckus is said to have broken out around two hours after the 5.35pm take-off, when a group of four sat at the back started punching each other.
An air stewardess broke up the fight, and seated one of the rowdy guys at the front of the airliner in an effort to calm tensions.
Minutes later, though, the man vaulted back to his pals - where things kicked off again.
Passengers then tried to break up the fight, leading to the moment one of the lads apparently spat in a woman's eye.
As a girl shrieks, a woman shouts: "There's children on the airplane!"
One man can be heard saying: "He f**king spat on a woman - dirty bastard!"
At this moment, the captain announced plans to divert the plane and make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal.
Key eyewitness Nathan Belford, 30, said a 10-man stag party then "howled with rage" and picked a fight with both cabin crew and the group of four.
He said the stag party "complained bitterly to the stewardess" - and even "started pinching drinks from the front of the plane".
Landing in Portugal at around 8pm, security then bundled seven men - all from the four-man group, three from the stag party - off the plane.
Image by: Nathan Belford
Image by: Nathan Belford
Image by: Nathan Belford
Image by: Nathan Belford
Two hours later, the plane completed its journey to Tenerife.
Fed-up Nathan, of Stoke-on-Trent, said: "We couldn't believe what was happening. We just wanted to go on holiday.
"Things first kicked off when the group at the back got into a fight. Punches were thrown, and the stewardess broke them up.
"But then they kicked off again, and passengers actually intervened to calm them down.
"One woman got in the way, but a guy spat in her eye. It was disgusting.
"After that, cabin decided to divert to Portugal. Then things escalated after the bigger stag party howled with rage about it.
"They picked a fight with cabin crew and with the group of four, complaining that they should be going to Tenerife for their weekend.
"One of the guys got into trouble when he started pinching drinks from the front of the plane. It was Bedlam.
"Once we landed, though, security got them off. It was impressive - one of the guys they had to carry off was at least six-foot-six."
easyJet has confirmed the incident took place on one of its flights.
It is still unclear why Jet2 also confirmed it but it was an easyJet flight.
An easyJet spokesman said: “We can confirm that flight EZY1903 from Manchester to Tenerife on 3 October diverted to Faro as a result of some passengers on board behaving disruptively and was met by police on arrival.
''The passengers were removed by police and the aircraft continued onto Tenerife.
"easyJet’s cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.
"Whilst such incidents are rare, we take them very seriously, and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour on board.
''The safety and wellbeing of customers and crew is our highest priority.
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Villagers driven round the bend by 26-mile diversion after 50m road closed cheer themselves up with street party on shut highway
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Villagers driven round the bend by a 26-mile diversion after a 50m stretch of road was closed cheered themselves up - by throwing a street party on the shut highway.
A short stretch of the A465 at Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, is closed for eight weeks while work is carried out to strengthen a nearby bridge.
While the road - equivalent to around 11 car lengths - is closed, motorists face a 26-mile detour around country lanes, many of which are single tracks, to travel from one side of the village to the other.
Despite the inconvenience caused to the 450 villagers and hundreds more drivers who use the road each day, residents are using the closure to their advantage.
On Bank Holiday Monday, villagers got trestle tables, sunshades and a paddling pool out for an impromptu street party.
There are also plans to use the road for fetes and flower shows in the next month.
Image by: Ruth Hickmott
Image by: Ruth Hickmott
Image by: Ruth Hickmott
Resident John Walters said: "Closing the road for such a long time is a bit of a pain and it means some of us now have a 26-mile detour home.
"But we're a reslient bunch and when the sun was beaming out over the weekend some bright spark suggested we use the road closure to our advantage so we did.
"It was a lovely day and a good old fashioned English knees-up. We're a very traditional village and it was good to hark back to a more simpler time for a few hours.
"A lot of people are now seeing the benefit of having the road pedestrianised and will use it to hold village events over the next few weeks."
Ruth Hickmott, 58, who lives in Stoke Lacy and is part of the village's heritage project, said: "Basically we held the street party because we could.
"Usually you have to apply to the council for road closures but this just fell into our laps.
"There was no fundraising reason, simply let's have a party on the road because we won't be able to in eight weeks' time.
”The road closure is awkward because it is the main route between Bromyard and Hereford and diversions and despite the village being small, you now have to travel up to 26 miles to go from one side to the other."
The village plans to make use of the road closure again next month with a flower and produce show on the 50m stretch of closed off highway.
TOMB RAIDER - Reckless teen risks his life 'tombstoning' off notorious Dead Man's Cove - next to coastguards staging health and safety demo
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This is the moment a reckless teen risked his life 'tombstoning' off a notoriously dangerous cliff - next to coastguards staging a health and safety demonstration.
The youngster was pictured running towards the edge before leaping clear of the jagged wall and plummeting into the water - at a spot known as Dead Man's Cove.
But just metres away from the spot in Plymouth, Devon, coastguards were simulating a rescue to demonstrate the dangers of jumping from the cliff.
Plymouth Coastguard Rescue Team said its demonstration was overshadowed by the actions of the adrenaline-junkie youngster - and issued a fresh warning about the dangers.
Coastguard Rescue Officer Adam Hawson said: "Unfortunately there's not much we can do.
"It's a bit cheeky isn't it, if they know we're here it's a bit disrespectful.
"We tell them the risks and the hazards and if needs be we explain some of the things that have gone wrong. They do listen but they carry on and do it anyway."
The site has been a popular location for adrenaline junkies for many years with youngsters often queuing to jump from the 65ft cliff.
Several have been injured at the site and in 2016 a man died after misjudging his leap.
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Image by: Simon Galloway
Once the rescue technician and dummy were safely back over the edge, a member of the Plymouth Coastguard Team immediately went over to talk to the tombstoners.
Coastguard station manager John Peattie said: "It is infuriating because we know the consequences but they just say 'you're spoiling our fun'.
"Go to a proper diving thing if you want to dive off something into the water but going off here is absolutely ridiculous.
"As long as people queue up and watch them or clap them - I've seen people clapping them - they'll continue to do it, just showing off to the girls, you know.
"We tell them if you saw the people that were in wheelchairs or crippled for life doing this from here, but they just say 'you're spoiling our fun.'"
Over the boader coastguard officers in Cornwall also re-issued a warning after a casualty with a suspected back injury was rescued from a quay after tombstoning.
Emergency services were called to Fowey on Saturday, June 22, and coastguard volunteers assisted paramedics in reaching the casualty.
St Austell Coastguard said: “The casualty needed extrication from the Quay to a waiting ambulance by stretcher.
“The team used their casualty care skills along with paramedic to successfully move the casualty from the pontoon into the waiting Fowey Harbour launch and take them to the slipway and the waiting ambulance."
They added: “We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.”
Meet the adventurous moggie which loves going HILLWALKING with her owner - who says cats should have the same freedom as dogs
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Meet the adventurous moggie which loves going HILLWALKING with her owner - who says cats should have the same freedom as dogs.
Charlie the cat has just started to be let off the leash by owner Fiona Milne, 50, when they go for hikes together with a pal.
Fiona introduced Charlie to hillwalking slowly, first of all using a lead, but now lets her run free, picking her up if they see dogs.
These pictures show Charlie, a two-year-old moggie, happily trotting after her owner, on Greenock Cut, Inverclyde.
Fiona said: “We have not quite got her to the munros, but she goes out with us when we go for walks.
“She just follows along behind us.
“She just loves it.
“I started taking her out on a little harness, and we only take her to safe areas.
“When we go for a walk, we take Charlie.
“We sort of got her used to being out on a lead.
“It is just amazing, especially the reaction from people.
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Image by: Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS
Image by: Katielee Arrowsmith SWNS
“We tend to take her to places which are quite open, so we can see if there’s a dog coming and pick her up.
“People stop us and say ‘we’ve never seen anything like it’.
“Being off the lead, she sticks by us.
“We want to show people what a cat can do.
“Everything Charlie does is what a dog would do."
Charlie spent most of her life as an indoor cat in Fiona’s home in Glasgow.
But when she was let out, she was bitten by either another cat or a dog, so now the only times she goes outdoors are on trips to the countryside.
Employment adviser Fiona said: “People ask a lot of questions, like ‘are you nervous about her going up a tree?’.
“The only time I think she might run up a tree is if a dog was around.
“I think it’s more exciting for her going for walks.
“She’s got a wee adventurous spirit.
“Hopefully it will inspire a few more people to broaden their cat’s horizons.”
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WEIGH TO GO - An morbidly obese man once 'banned' from takeaways in his hometown has lost a staggering 20 STONE in a year
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An overweight man once 'banned' from takeaways in his hometown has lost a staggering 20 STONE in a year.
Darren 'Dibsy' McClintock embarked on the epic weight loss journey last October after doctors warned he was "eating himself to death".
In the months since Dibsy, who clocked in at a sizeable 40 stone at his heaviest, has lost half his entire body weight - the equivalent of hulking Hollywood superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger.
This time last year he couldn't walk up the stairs, wear a seat belt, fit in the bath or travel on public transport.
But since turning his life around the 28-year-old has competed in the Great North Run, fought in a charity boxing match and climbed Ben Nevis.
Six weeks ago he went 'official' with a new girlfriend, who he met after receiving messages of support over Facebook.
Dibsy said: "When I look back over the last year and what I have achieved I'm very proud of myself.
"Both physically and mentally I'm in the best place I have ever been, I'm really happy.
"Twelve months ago I had given up on life and thought there was no way back from the weight I had reached.
"Now I'm living the best life I can, it's amazing."
Much of the Middlesborough man's astounding success is down to personal trainer Mike Hind, who has been with Dibsy every step of the way.
They hit the headlines last year when Mike handed out flyers at local fast-food stops with a picture of Dibsy saying 'do not serve'.
It was then Mike set the ultra ambitious goal for Dibsy to lose 20 stone in the space of a year, which he achieved last week with seven days to spare.
Dibsy said: "The last year has been absolutely brutal and a massive challenge.
"There have been lots of really difficult moments and times when I've not wanted to get out of bed in the morning.
"Mike has been there pushing me the whole way though, he's been absolutely incredible."
He added: "When I saw I'd reached my target weight it was a huge relief and a big weight off my shoulders, literally.
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"After working so hard for an entire year it felt great to achieve the goal we had set."
Mike, who runs Mas Body Gym and healthy eating company Macro Based Diner, has provided his expert services to Dibsy free of charge.
The personal trainer has given his prize client up to three one-on-one private sessions per day as well as supplying all his food.
Mike estimates Dibsy's services would have cost a paying customer more than £50,000.
Dibsy said a year ago his day would have started with a full English breakfast before having a pasty and pie with a fizzy drink for lunch.
At dinner time he would have gorged on fish and chips or an Indian takeaway with a large bottle of pop followed by ice cream.
In total he was taking in around 11,000 calories a day, which is enough for a family of six, according to health expert Mike.
Nowadays Dibsy will start his morning with overnight oats before having pasta and vegetables for lunch.
A typical dinner is barbecue chicken with rice.
Mike, who has won two National Fitness Awards, ensures his client takes in around 3,000 calories every day but that he burns up to 1,500 more.
The personal trainer said: "I'm so pleased that we've achieved our goal, I'm like a proud dad.
"Now I want other people to follow Dibsy's lead, that's the message of all this.
"People who think there's no hope should look at Dibsy and realise there is, you can make the same changes."
He added: "But there's no magical pill that will make it happen, it comes down to making the right decisions."
Despite all his achievements this year Dibsy says his greatest one is making his mum, who was scared her son would die, proud.
He said: "The best thing about my weight loss is that it's put a smile on my mum's face.
"She used to worry about me so much and now she doesn't have to, which makes both of us really happy."
He's also over the moon to have started a relationship with girlfriend Jade.
"It's going really well, she's amazing," Dibsy said.
"She's really supportive of my weight loss and she goes to the gym as well, so we have that in common.
"It's really nice to have her in my life."
The next step for Dibsy is undergoing three surgeries to have the excess skin which has been left as a result of the weight loss removed.
He has been signed off by doctors and is hoping to go under knife for the first time in December.
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