A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house. In July 2011, Jo Thomson, 39, from Margate, Kent, dyed her hair using a Schwarzkopf XXL Live home dye kit in shade 'Cosmic Blue'. But despite carrying out the recommended patch test, she suffered a near-fatal allergic reaction that left her covered in boils and fighting for her sight. Now colour blind and allergic to the Sun, the mum-of-three has been diagnosed with agoraphobia, which makes her too anxious to leave the house alone.
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
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 .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .
A woman who was addicted to GREGGS has lost 9st after giving up her favourite food .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
A Zumba-mad grandma has lost almost 14st after becoming addicted to the popular dance craze .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .