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.
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A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
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A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
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SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
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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 .