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.
A professional dancer has embraced her individuality after refusing plastic surgery to remove a giant birthmark on her face .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
After Leigh Hancock, 36, joined Fallon Bramall's boxing gym she owned with her husband, the pair took him under their wing .
Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
A woman with an irrational fear of toilets goes POTTY on the loo and runs away when she flushes, terrified it will swallow her up .
A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .