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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
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STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
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A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
