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.
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
