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.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A teacher has told how she was attacked by a murderer on her way home from a night out but courageously managed to charm him out of strangling her .
A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .
A woman who battled aggressive bowel cancer has started a fashion blog offering style tips for those living with a colostomy bag .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .