Meet adorable Russian Quintuplets saved by British experts after Moscow doctors said they wouldn't survive

The quintuplets - from left, Alexandra, Tatiana, Varvara, Elizaveta and Nadezhda - meet Dr Lawrence Impey seven years after he oversaw their delivery

When Dimitri and Varvara Artamkin found they were expecting quintuplets, the medical authorities in Russia said they must abort some of them to ensure the survival of the rest. But they refused, deciding instead to place their trust in the expertise of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Not only did the medical team defy all expectations by delivering the five girls safely, the quintuplets went on to thrive under its dedicated care.

The girls, their parents Dimitri and Varvara Artamkin and Dr Lawrence Impey after the birth

Now, just over seven years since their remarkable birth, the girls - Elizaveta, Alexandra, Nadezhda, Tatiana and Varvara Artamkin - have returned to Britain from their home in Moscow to pay a touching tribute to the doctors and nurses who pulled off the modern miracle.