A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her. While most children dream of a white Christmas, eight-year-old Lola Dyer, dreads the chilly days. The schoolgirl suffers from a condition called cold urticaria and being outside for just a few minutes leaves her with painful rashes all over her body. The allergy is so bad it has even landed her in hospital after she developed breathing difficulties.
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Thousands of people are gathering at a stadium in Johannesburg for a memorial service for Nelson Mandela .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A father-of-one stunned his wife of twenty-five years after revealing his secret love of POLE DANCING .