A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia. Kayleigh-Emma Shiel, 30, has always dreamed of becoming a mother, but suffers from tokophobia – a fear of childbirth. Her condition means that she is unable to conceive a child of her own as she is too terrified of pregnancy and the associated pain. Believing that adoption was her only chance of becoming a mother, Kayleigh and her fabricator husband Gary, 47, applied to adopt a child in January this year. But the couple, from Elland, West Yorkshire, were rejected partly due to Kayleigh’s unusual phobia.
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .