A woman who suffered from an allergic reaction to hair dye that made her face swell to twice its size has been left too scared to leave the house. In July 2011, Jo Thomson, 39, from Margate, Kent, dyed her hair using a Schwarzkopf XXL Live home dye kit in shade 'Cosmic Blue'. But despite carrying out the recommended patch test, she suffered a near-fatal allergic reaction that left her covered in boils and fighting for her sight. Now colour blind and allergic to the Sun, the mum-of-three has been diagnosed with agoraphobia, which makes her too anxious to leave the house alone.
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
For years Jeorgia Woodd, 30, abused her body, having succumbed to a condition known as 'diabulimia' .
A mum-of-three lost 10 stone after her son asked if she was pregnant .