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 six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A woman branded the Jolly Green Giant by SOLE-crushing school bullies for her whopping size nine feet has had the last laugh by opening a shoe shop for big footed girls .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .