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.
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
