Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums. Rather than showcasing skimpy outfits or the latest celebrity crushes, the Women of Strength 2014 calendar celebrates inspirational mums from across the UK. These are women who have overcome illness, domestic violence and disabilities to raise their children. The calendar has been created by single mum Dawn Cousins, 39, and all proceeds will go to Mothers 2 Mothers, an international charity helping to prevent paediatric AIDS in Africa. The mum of four from Harrow, London, said she was inspired to create the calendar to empower mums.
Louise McManaman, 50, from Liverpool, started seeing Ian Blackburn, 62, in November 2021 .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .