A single woman, who was granted IVF funding on the NHS, finally has a baby after suffering three miscarriages. Claire Dodd, 41, from Manchester, was left infertile aged 21 after having her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed due to cysts. After years of IVF waiting lists and failed adoption attempts, Claire applied for a grant from Salford Primary Care Trust and won two fully funded IVF cycles as a single person. Now the new mum has just celebrated her daughter, Amberley’s first birthday after waiting 20 years to become a parent.
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
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LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .