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.
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .