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.
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .