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.
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
