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.
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .