A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind. Ruth McDonagh was repeatedly turned away by medics over the course of two years despite suffering from the classic symptoms of bowel cancer. By the time it was diagnosed, she was told she had just 18 months left to live as a huge tumour in her bowel had grown so large it was almost inoperable. Her only option was a £100,000 operation only available in the US which was certain to leave her paralysed from the waist down. But at the eleventh hour a team of UK doctors trained in the American technique agreed to carry out Ruth's surgery in a 13-hour operation never before carried out in this country.
Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A family who were refused the location of their missing cat under the Data Protection Act have been reunited with their moggie after the keepers handed him back .
A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .
A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
An owl swoops through the air before making an unorthodox landing - right on top of an unsuspecting man's head .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .