While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun. Laura Martindale, 26, suffers from a severe allergic reaction called Actinic Prurigo, which causes her skin to burn and break out in a rash when exposed to UVA and UVB light. At home, the full-time mum keeps the curtains and blinds closed during the day, and when she steps outside, she is forced to wear long sleeved tops and gloves, as well as high factor 50 suncream.
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
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 .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .