A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind. Ruth McDonagh was repeatedly turned away by medics over the course of two years despite suffering from the classic symptoms of bowel cancer. By the time it was diagnosed, she was told she had just 18 months left to live as a huge tumour in her bowel had grown so large it was almost inoperable. Her only option was a £100,000 operation only available in the US which was certain to leave her paralysed from the waist down. But at the eleventh hour a team of UK doctors trained in the American technique agreed to carry out Ruth's surgery in a 13-hour operation never before carried out in this country.
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
Two sisters from Hampshire who suffered botched nose jobs have spent £19 .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .