A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22. Pretty Natalie Carney believes if she had been offered a smear test two years ago that she would not now be facing weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy plus an early menopause. Doctors missed several opportunities to diagnose Natalie's cancer and she was left suffering symptoms for months before the 3.5cm tumour was eventually found. Despite initially being hopeful the cancer could be removed through fertility-preserving surgery, she was later told she would need a radical hysterectomy, then chemo and radiotherapy that would rob her of the chance to bear children.She now faces a race against time to harvest her eggs before she begins treatment in the hope that she and her boyfriend of six months Adam Burton will someday be able to have a child.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A mum-of-one has revealed how her one-year-old daughter suffered second and third degree burns to 22% of her body after pouring boiling water over herself .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .