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.
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A woman has revealed how she didn’t know she was pregnant until she saw her baby’s head crowning .
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .