My revenge porn nightmare – I shared naked photos with a man I trusted and this is how he repaid me

November 9, 2016, 8:21 am

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Sexting and sending nudes has somehow become the ‘norm’ in the modern-day dating culture, but can you ever trust someone else with your naked images?

Well, I found out the hard way that sending nudes is dangerous, degrading and I’ll never be doing it again.

Let me tell you why.

I started dating a guy who had been on my social for years. We’d been meaning to hang out but it hadn’t happened until recently.

We clicked straight away and started texting, calling and hanging out as much as possible.

He was obviously a ‘lad’s lad’, but it was refreshing in comparison… Read the full story

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November 9, 2016, 8:29 am

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There are two types of people in this world.

There are the types who approach Christmas with surgical precision, equipping their wrapping stations with ribbons, bows and specially chosen paper. Those people are the ones who can glide their scissors along the wrapping with one smooth stroke.

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Then there are the rest of us, the ones who wake up at 4AM on Christmas morning and realise that the presents… Read the full story

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November 9, 2016, 8:53 am

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Even in adulthood, being the new girl/guy absolutely sucks.

Starbucks has 13 different Christmas red cups this year

Ever wandered into a work canteen and had no-one to sit with? Had no-one turn around and invite you to their table? It’s awful.

Luckily, a kid in California, US, was saved from this feeling when he was the new boy, after his family moved over from Mexico.

Rafael didn’t know much English,… Read the full story

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November 9, 2016, 8:54 am

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A husky got stuck in a coconut tree and the internet helped out in the best way they could

November 9, 2016, 8:57 am

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Sometimes, the world seems like a really dark place.

Starbucks is doing 2 for 1 on their Christmas drinks from now until Sunday

But there are times where humanity really pulls together to make the best of a bad situation.

Times like when a happy little husky gets stuck up a coconut tree and the internet decides to help in a way only the internet can – by Photoshopping the f*ck out of him.

Here are our faves.

(PS No-one really knows how or why this fluffy little fella was in a coconut tree- updates as we have… Read the full story

This woman makes a Christmas scene every year out of pigs in blankets

November 9, 2016, 9:04 am

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After every Christmas dinner, you inevitably end up with loads of leftovers.

Bits of dry turkey, heaps of overcooked sprouts and lumps of stuffing sit forlornly in the fridge just begging to be made into a Boxing Day sandwich.

This woman makes a Christmas scene every year out of pigs in blankets

But if you’re too full to indulge a second time, what do you do?

Well, you could follow Sian Pearson’s lead and make them into hilarious Christmas centerpieces.

Her first sausage creation back in 2012 ‘had to be a play on the nativity scene,’ she tells Metro.co.uk,

‘It came… Read the full story

This woman says she lost 9st after cracking her Greggs addiction

November 9, 2016, 9:08 am

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A woman who used to spend £50 a week on chicken bakes and cookies says that she’s lost 9st after finally cracking her addiction to Greggs.

Jackie Smithers, from Welwyn in Hertfordshire, ditched her calorific habit after weighing in at 19 stone.

Percy Pig has been given Santa's hat this Christmas

‘I must have been consuming 2,000 calories in just one sitting but I couldn’t help myself,’ she says.

She says that she finally realised that her eating had gotten out of control when she started going to the shops with a coat over her pyjamas.

‘Now I cringe whenever I see… Read the full story

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November 9, 2016, 5:13 pm

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Away from the towering skyscrapers and blue and red neon of the main island of Hong Kong, nestled amid lush green hills in Ngong Ping, is the Tian Tan Giant Buddha, a 34-metre-tall bronze statue known to the locals informally and affectionately as, simply, The Big Buddha.

Those with the time and the thigh strength can hike for three-and-a-half hours or so through the woodland to reach Ngong Ping, but the majority of its visitors will take the cable car, which takes thirty minutes and is not only comparatively less tiring, but carries the added advantage of offering its passengers some… Read the full story

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How to get your very own Buster the boxer from John Lewis’ Christmas advert

November 9, 2016, 10:52 pm

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By now you’ve already fallen in love with Buster, the boxer in the John Lewis advert, along with all of his friends.

Thankfully you don’t just have to watch the ad on repeat (although you’ll probably be doing that anyway) to keep all the characters in your life.

John Lewis is selling a whole load of snazzy merchandise inspired by their Christmas ad campaign, with everything from cuddly toys to jigsaw puzzles on offer.

It’s all likely to sell out fast (just look at what happened with Monty the penguin), so we’d recommend shopping quickly if you have your heart set on a cuddly… Read the full story

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November 9, 2016, 11:24 pm

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This year’s John Lewis ad isn’t a weepy one about snowmen or penguins. It’s nothing too out-there or Father Christmas related.

Instead, this Christmas advert focuses on the everyday magic of life in the UK.

A key part of that magic? British wildlife.

If you haven’t watched John Lewis’ delightful Christmas ad yet, let us give you a very brief recap. It’s all about a little girl named Bridget, whose parents buy her a trampoline for Christmas.

When Bridget’s parents hide her trampoline in the garden, a group of wildlife animals – two foxes, a badger, a squirrel, and a hedgehog – pop out to have a go at… Read the full story

John Lewis’s Oxford Street store is doing virtual reality experiences to take you inside their Christmas advert

November 10, 2016, 12:00 am

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Everyone knows that the John Lewis Christmas advert is the official sign that Christmas is here.

But once it’s been released, that doesn’t mean all the Christmas build-up is done and we can collectively let out a giant sigh.

There’s still Christmas shopping to be done. And meal-planning. And, you know, the actual celebration of Christmas.

Plus, John Lewis doesn’t just do a Christmas ad.

Their Christmas advert is always accompanied with big, full-on events to match, sticking to the ad’s chosen theme and transforming their Oxford Street store into an immersive Christmas-y experience.

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November 10, 2016, 1:11 am

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Starbucks’ red Christmas cups are officially here, so Christmas is too.

Today Starbucks around the world will start serving their Christmas drinks in festive red cups.

It’s one of those weird things like the John Lewis advert, or the Coca Cola truck, that we all look forward to as a sign that it’s officially okay to start celebrating Christmas.

Every year, we eagerly await the cup designs for the year.

Most years there’s also a little controversy, from the cups not being Christmass-y enough to rumours that this year they’d be green.

And today, November 10, we finally know what this year’s… Read the full story

Everyone thinks this kids’ game looks a bit dodgy

November 10, 2016, 2:52 am

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We’re not entirely sure what the makers of Silly Sausage were thinking when they made a kid’s toy based entirely around a sausage.

We do not understand why children would want to play ’10 grillin’ games’, or why they would prefer a large plastic sausage instead of a real sausage that they can place in a bun and eat.

But sometimes wonderful things aren’t meant to be understood.

Behold Silly Sausage. It is a bizarre and glorious toy designed for children. It is literally a giant stretchy sausage, inviting children to ‘twist me’, ‘shake… Read the full story

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November 10, 2016, 3:04 am

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ICYMI, today is the big day. The day when Starbucks releases their festive red cups and Christmas is officially here.

This year’s red cups are a bit special, as there are 13 different designs on offer (11 in the UK).

To celebrate, Starbucks are offering everyone 2 for 1 on all their Christmas drinks from now until November 13, so you can pick up a free coffee for a friend. Or down two drinks in one go, if you fancy.

The offer is only happening from 3pm to 5pm from today until November 13, and only applies to festive drinks.

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Women still find it hard to return to work after having a baby – 5 ways we must change the workplace now

November 10, 2016, 3:30 am

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The gender gap is a well-discussed subject that many people have weighed in on, but I still believe that the vast majority are missing the most feasible and sensible way to help bridge this gap, especially when it comes to women returning to work after having a baby.

The Women’s Business Council has said that UK giants have done well to encourage women at work, but more can be done.

So here I list few ways I believe we must change the workplace to stop talented new mothers from slipping through the net.

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New Yorkers are leaving each other messages of hope on the Subway

November 10, 2016, 3:44 am

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Unsurprisingly, the people of New York are feeling pretty raw.

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Nearly 90% of Manhattan residents voted for Hillary Clinton.

But in the darkest of times it’s always possible to find some glimmer of hope.

In this case it comes from the kindness of strangers, offering each other messages of optimism on their morning journey to work.

Usually a commute is about plugging in, keeping your head down and getting to work.

But when the world shifts, people turn to each other for support.

'Subway Therapy' – people leave their thoughts about the election on Post-it notes in NYC subway station https://t.co/niG8vLHkw0 via @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/Nx9zbBEgz6

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) November 10, 2016

‘It’s not the end just yet.’ one person wrote.

‘We will… Read the full story

This ceramic artist is making glorious vulva vases

November 10, 2016, 4:15 am

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If you fell in love with vagina baubles and purses and are now struck with an intense need to deck out your house entirely in vulva and vagina related merchandise, we have another product you need to know about.

Australia-based ceramic artist Laurie Melia makes glorious vases designed to look like vulva.

The vases are all unique and are available in a range of skin tones, hair designs, and labia types, and are pretty much the perfect way to display your flowers.

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November 10, 2016, 7:00 am

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Happy equal pay day!

Equal pay day is the day from which women effectively work for free for the rest of the year. On average women earn 13.9% less than men do, and there’s 14% left of the year. So yeah, that sucks. Not such a happy occasion.

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Yes, work is being done to close the gap, and yes we’ve come a long way given that a woman couldn’t buy a house without a male guarantor until the 60’s, but that still doesn’t mean we can get complacent.

13.9% is a LOT of dollar, but if you’re not convinced, we’re… Read the full story

Ryan The Tampon Guy finally admits it was all a ‘hoax’

November 10, 2016, 7:24 am

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Remember Ryan ‘Tampon Guy’ Williams?

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He’s a 19-year-old photography student who thought that, unless women could ‘control their bladders’, they didn’t deserve free tampons.

He’s just told Metro.co.uk that the whole bladder-period-tampon-tax saga was a ‘hoax’.

‘I’m not the dumb teen I made out to be – I’m actually well educated, thankfully,’ he says.

We needed to find out more about what on earth was going on.

After his tweet went internationally viral and caused a lot of reaction (mainly angry one), it then turned out that his ‘girlfriend’ had… Read the full story

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November 10, 2016, 9:04 am

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An avatar baby doll, based on the infants from Avatar’s alternate reality, Pandora, has got the internet’s attention. Is it cute, or is it the most disturbing thing since high-heeled Timberlands?

The dolls are created by YouTube user Maisynwenn Lily, who sells the dolls privately. Comments on the video have suggested that the dolls retail for around $1,600 (£1283) each.

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