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 brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .