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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .