A miracle baby born with half-a-heart will make this Mother's Day extra special for her mum - as she was given just 24 hours to live. Little Kendal Flitcroft, now one, was not expected to survive and by the age of seven months, the tiny tot had suffered three cardiac arrests and endured two rounds of open heart surgery. The brave youngster from Bangor, County Down in Northern Ireland, was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), which affects just one in 5,000 newborns in the UK. Now, after battling against the odds, she will spend her first Mother's Day at home with her family. Mum Dawn Flitcroft, 36, said: “The first time I held her I was already preparing myself to say goodbye.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
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IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
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