While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun. Laura Martindale, 26, suffers from a severe allergic reaction called Actinic Prurigo, which causes her skin to burn and break out in a rash when exposed to UVA and UVB light. At home, the full-time mum keeps the curtains and blinds closed during the day, and when she steps outside, she is forced to wear long sleeved tops and gloves, as well as high factor 50 suncream.
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
The sun is finally out, bringing a smile to many people’s faces – including this cute little dormouse’s! Grinning from ear to ear, this tiny dormouse appears to have been tickled by something as it clambered up this flower, basking in the sunshine, whilst having a little laugh to himself .
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 .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A young makeup artist has hit back at vile internet trolls who dubbed her a 'swamp creature' and 'ugly' for exposing her troubled skin in online makeup tutorials .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .