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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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 couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
