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.
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
