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.
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
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THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .