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Let’s be honest, afternoon tea is trash

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Absolutely not. (Picture: Getty)

We’ve all got our controversial opinions. 

One member of the Metro.co.uk team who shall remain nameless thinks that David Attenborough is ‘overrated’. Another says that Game of Thrones is crap. And me?

Using smiley faces in emails makes your colleagues think you're an idiot

I think afternoon tea is a load of wank. Which is why I am using this #AfternoonTeaWeek to explain exactly what’s wrong with it.

‘But Rebecca’, I hear you ask, ‘How can you be so angry about what is essentially just a load of cakes and sarnies on some plates?’

Well dear reader, where to start?

Firstly, it’s at a stupid time.… Read the full story


Primark has officially confirmed how to say their name

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Pry-mark or pree-mark?

It’s been a debate for the ages – especially when Londoners head up North and get scolded for their pronunciation.

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Finally, Primark has weighed in on the debate and provided an official answer, thus killing off all the ridiculing us poshos have received at the hands of pree-mark fans.

The correct pronunciation is….

(drum roll please)

Pr-eye-mark. Or Prymark. However you want to spell it, the first syllable rhymes with eye, not tea.

Take that, people who took the p*ss out of me for saying Pry-mark.

Primark announced the ruling on the help section of their website, answering… Read the full story

Mum and daughter who graduated university on the same day say they get mistaken for sisters

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Suzanne and Melissa graduated from the University of Swansea on the same day. (Picture: Wales News Service)

Suzanne Isaac is 57. Her daughter, Melissa, is 22.

How to deal with porexia

Suzanne says they often get mistaken for sisters – a mistake that’s probably not helped by the fact that the pair just graduated university together.

Stick graduation caps and gowns on two people, and it’s bound to cause a little confusion.

‘We have people thinking that we are sisters,’ mum Suzanne says. ‘Very flattering for me but I’m not sure what Melissa thinks of it.

‘As she has grown up she is getting more like me.’

‘We… Read the full story

How to deal with porexia

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Spent an hour this week staring into a magnifying mirror?

You, my friend, may be suffering from porexia.

That’s the catchy term for an obsession with your pores.

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Porexia is all consuming. You obsess over your pores’ size, imagining them to be much larger and more visible than they actually are, and will try anything to make them smaller in the pursuit of a poreless complexion.

As Beverly Cook explains on the Dr Natasha Cook blog, porexia is a term that’s been coined by dermatologists to mean… Read the full story

Co-op Funeralcare has launched special pet cards so your pets won’t be left alone if you’re ill or injured

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When you fall sick and have to be rushed to hospital, the last thing you want to be worrying about is admin.

Primark has officially confirmed how to say their name

Calling work, letting your family members know, cancelling that hair appointment so they don’t think you’re a terrible no-show.

Pets are an important part of that admin.

Unless you have a friend or family member who knows your pet is home alone and would think to rush to yours and make sure that pet is fed and looked after, your pet could end up being abandoned if you fall sick or get injured.

That’s… Read the full story

Woman complains about her ‘disappointing’£1,300 engagement ring

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I hate it! (Picture: Getty)

The moment when the person you love drops to one knee and asks you the ultimate question, should be a triumph. 

For many of us it’s one of the happiest moments of our lives.

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But what if the moment is ruined when your special someone opens the ring box and shows you something that you really, really don’t like?

Should you pretend to be happy, but the ring on and hope that you learn to love it?

Or should you be honest with your partner and tentatively suggest choosing something new together?

And what if it’s… Read the full story

Stop everything: Vegan ‘bacon cone’ is coming to London

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Fast food champions Temple of Seitan basically shut down the vegan Internet when they opened the UK’s first vegan fried chicken shop in Hackney earlier this year.

Now they are back to blow all other junk food out of the water with the Bae-Cone.

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It’s a slice of seitan (this meat substitute, made from wheat protein, is pronounced say-tan) rolled into a cone.

The cone is then filled to the brim with decadent ingredients including chips, vegan cheese sauce and, of course, Temple of Seitan’s signature fried chicken.

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Fancy wine only tastes better because it’s more expensive

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All wine is good wine. (Picture: Getty)

No-one really likes looking at the wine list. 

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It’s a study in trying to work out what’s the cheapest thing you can order without the waiter realizing that you’re a poverty riddled fraud and spitting in all of your food.

The good news is, if you do go the whole hog and buy the bottle of wine which is about nine quid more than you’d hoped to spend, it’ll probably taste better.

Not because it’s better quality, but because you paid more for it.

Researchers… Read the full story


Go inside the bakery that’s using bread-making to help people recover from mental health issues

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It’s the warmth that hits you first.

Woman complains about her 'disappointing' £1,300 engagement ring

Not just the heat from the ovens, or the room temperature needed to make the dough rise, but the people – greeting every customer that walks in with a cheery hello and a (usually correct) guess at the loaf or pastry they fancy.

As one regular asks for a loaf of olive and herb, she looks down, notices the tahini and honey buns lining the counter, and decides she’ll treat herself. To that and a slice of banana bread, thanks.

After a chat about the rain and her hair appointment (always the way, right?), she’s off, and the trainees get back to kneading their dough.

This is the Better Health Bakery.

As part of the Centre for Better Health, it’s a bakery that’s using the simple act of making bread to help those recovering from mental health issues.

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What Britain’s ideal pub would look like

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Ah, the pub.

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It’s the backbone of British society, a quick trip down the local. From pints of lager to fruity ciders, packets of crisps to pork scratchings, behind that bar is a world of pure bliss.

They do, however, come in all shapes and sizes. From dainty, low-ceilinged village pubs to bright and airy gastropubs, from those who serve only two types of bitter to others with a four page, globe-trotting food menu, there’s all manner of variables in a great British pub.

So what would be in the best one? That’s the question… Read the full story

Brain freeze is backed up by science

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A quick slurp of the slushie, a big lick of the ice-cream and BLAM – there it is.

‘Brain freeze’, one of the most dreadful ailments of the western world.

Finally though, we’ve got confirmation that it’s not an old wives’ tale, or a freak condition – in fact, it’s very real. Science says so.

How to deal with porexia

In science circles, brain freeze is called Sphenopalatine Ganglioneuralgia (try saying that with a mouth full of ice cream).

As The Huffington Post explains, it’s a fast-rising, quickly dissipating type of headache, brought on specifically by exposure to cold.

When you eat ice… Read the full story

If he picks the wrong engagement ring, maybe he’s the wrong guy

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That one would be a yes. (Picture: Getty)

We told you earlier today about a woman who had taken to Mumsnet to complain about her engagement ring. 

It’s apparently too small, and only cost £1,300, which she didn’t feel was an appropriate cost given how much her partner earns.

How a bakery is using bread-making to help people recover from mental health issues

We weren’t sure how we felt about her dilemma, so we took a poll which currently has just over 200 votes. Over half of those votes say that the woman in question was ‘grabby’ for wanting a different ring. A further 23% say that it… Read the full story

Using smiley faces in your emails makes your colleagues think you’re an idiot, says new research

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Cheery email-senders, we’re so sorry :(.

New research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev suggests that shoving smiley faces and emoji in your work-related emails doesn’t make you more likable… it’s actually making everyone think you’re a big dumb dumb.

Oh dear.

Using smiley faces in emails makes your colleagues think you're an idiot

Researchers from BGU, University of Haifa, and Amsterdam University conducted a series of experiments with 549 participants from 29 different countries.

In one task, participants were asked to read a work-related email from someone they didn’t know, and evaluate the competence of warmth of that person.

All the… Read the full story

Woman gets mansplained at while reading a book about mansplaining

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If there’s one phrase that’s taken the western world by storm in recent years, it’s ‘mansplaining’.

metro illustrationsIf he picks the wrong engagement ring, maybe he's the wrong guy

Few have been mansplained in quite such spectacular fashion as Lara Sharp though, who was recently cornered while simply trying to read her book by the pool.

Posting about her experience on Facebook, she documented a half-hilarious, half-exhausting tale of an older man who proceeded to explain to her how her own career worked, how he could ‘mentor’ her, and best of all, what the book she was reading… Read the full story

Burger freakshakes are now a thing because why not?

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How many times have you ordered a burger and thought, yeah, ‘a milkshake will go down really well with that’?

The chances are, if you live in London, it happens quite frequently – because the likes of Shake Shack and Five Guys have really made the burger and milkshake a fast-food power couple.

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Well, if it sounds like the sort of thing you might be into, and you’re looking for a bit of a change, you’re in luck.

A new burger freakshake menu is coming to London and… Read the full story


These are the most popular gender neutral baby names of 2017

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As the world gets more comfortable with ideas of nonbinary gender (can that hurry up, by the way? Really fed up of seeing nonbinary people being misgendered), it makes sense that gender-neutral names are becoming more of a trend.

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Giving a child a unisex names means they aren’t boxed into one gender identity, plus they’re less likely to face gender bias when it comes to job applications and having their essays marked. Sneaky.

But you can’t just go ahead and take a name traditionally given to boys, slap it on your baby’s birth certificate, and… Read the full story

This beef burger comes with a mac and cheese bun… and pulled pork

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Looks immense (Picture: Andaz Hotel)

Everyone has been there: you’re looking down at a really good menu in a restaurant and you literally just cannot decide what you want to have.

The menu doesn’t even have to be long – it just needs to be long enough to have the exact sort of thing that you want.

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Do you go greedy and just order everything? Or should you stay sensible and pick, after much deliberation, your absolute favourite thing? (Really?)

If your impossible menu option involves a burger, mac and cheese and… Read the full story

Woman with no vagina seeks life-changing surgery so she can have sex for first time

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Kaylee found out about her condition when she was 18 (Picture: Barcroft)

A woman born without a vagina wants to undergo life-changing surgery that would allow her to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time.

Kaylee Moats, 22, from Gilbert, Arizona, was born with Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser syndrome (MRKH), which means she has no cervix, uterus, or vaginal opening.

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Kaylee, who found out when she was 18, said: ‘When I first found out about my condition my mom was with me at the gynaecologist. I was heartbroken and… Read the full story

Man stages magical underwater proposal for his mermaid-loving girlfriend

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Alright, everyone. Time to step it up.

Woman complains about her 'disappointing' £1,300 engagement ring

Bending down on one knee at a fancy restaurant and making a speech about how the person you’re dating is your best friend and soulmate just isn’t good enough anymore.

If you want to do a proposal right, you’ll need to meet the standard of Eric Martinez, a man who only bloody well went and proposed underwater.

Yup. Underwater. Hope you’re good at holding your breath, hopeful couples.

There’s a reason Eric dived down to make the moment happen.

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This groom and groomsman pre-wedding photo shoot is the ultimate bromance

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Weddings involve an awful lot of faff.

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From booking venues to bringing booze, sizing up dresses to ordering a dodgy DJ, there’s a lot to get done in the run up to The Biggest Day Of Your Life (Apparently).

One bride, Devon Bickerton, recently found herself so busy that she couldn’t even make her own pre-wedding photoshoot with her hubby-to-be, Alistair Yeo. Never fear, though – the groomsman stepped in to play the role of surrogate bride.

‘[Devon] didn’t realise that I like to take some pre-wedding photographs to get an idea of… Read the full story

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