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 is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
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 .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .