The 41-year-old was previously told she would never have children.
Rafa also helps his owner at home too, fetching her phone, the TV remote and helping take her shoes and socks off for her.And he is well-known at the university where Ms Herbert works. "He's a bit of a rock star on campus," she said.
Another way Rafa helps is that people now see his blue support dog jacket and realise she is "part of a vulnerable population"."People are much kinder and it eases my anxiety," Ms Herbert said."It's really been such a positive experience for my self-esteem and my mental health as I can continue to be independent," said Ms Herbert.
Mike Amesbury has resigned as MP and admitted he "should have walked away" from the punch confrontation that saw him receive a suspended jail sentence for assault.In a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the former Labour MP said he was standing down "with a heavy heart" but it was the "honourable course of action".
after punching a constituent in Frodsham, Cheshire, which was reduced to a suspended sentence after an appeal.
that he would "step aside at the earliest opportunity".During COP29 key experts, including former UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, said
They said: "Its current structure simply cannot deliver the change at exponential speed and scale, which is essential to ensure a safe climate landing for humanity."A key question this year is money.
Under the Paris agreement signed in 2015, world leaders pledged to try to prevent global temperatures rising by more than 1.5C. For that to happen countries need to ramp up their efforts to cut warming gases.As part of the agreement, countries committed to develop a new cash target for developing nations by 2025. This money would be used to help emerging economies cut their carbon and adapt to the worst impacts of rising temperatures.