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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
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A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .