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.
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .
From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house .
AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A little boy whose brain grew inside his nose has been described as the 'real-life Pinocchio' by his proud mum .
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .