A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her. While most children dream of a white Christmas, eight-year-old Lola Dyer, dreads the chilly days. The schoolgirl suffers from a condition called cold urticaria and being outside for just a few minutes leaves her with painful rashes all over her body. The allergy is so bad it has even landed her in hospital after she developed breathing difficulties.
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .