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.
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .