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 makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .