A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia. Kayleigh-Emma Shiel, 30, has always dreamed of becoming a mother, but suffers from tokophobia – a fear of childbirth. Her condition means that she is unable to conceive a child of her own as she is too terrified of pregnancy and the associated pain. Believing that adoption was her only chance of becoming a mother, Kayleigh and her fabricator husband Gary, 47, applied to adopt a child in January this year. But the couple, from Elland, West Yorkshire, were rejected partly due to Kayleigh’s unusual phobia.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
A couple from Bristol have told that they are often mistaken for father and daughter because of their huge 36 year age gap .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .
A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .