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.
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An NHS 111 call handler who was forced to save her own life after contracting sepsis has walked down the aisle at her dream wedding .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
FOR someone who hates milk, pensioner Steve Wheeler has got an udder-lot of it - nearly 20,000 bottles in fact .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .