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.
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .