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 little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
