Britain's fattest man dead: Carl Thompson dies aged 33 only weeks after pleading for help on live TV

Britain's fattest man Carl Thompson died today, just a month after pleading for help to try and change the 10,000 calories-a-day diet he was warned would kill him.

Mr Thompson, just 33, who weighed 65-stone, was found dead inside his flat in Dover, Kent, by police, fire crews and the ambulance service this morning.

Firefighters and police officers took several hours to remove his body.

Mr Thompson shot to fame earlier this year when he appeared on ITV's This Morning begging for help to lose weight, after being bedbound for more than a year.