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.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A man has spent almost £100K on lip fillers, Botox and designer clothing in a bid to look like Kim Kardashian .
Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .
AN ANOREXIC dental nurse whose weight plummeted to less than four stone has won her NHS fight for more treatment .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
THESE BREATH-TAKING photographs show the natural beauty of Iceland's most famous waterfall .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .