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 longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .