These stunning pictures show the ‘pure, saintly, celestial beauty’ of breastfeeding

June 10, 2015, 4:26 am

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Photographer Ivette Ivens is on a mission to show just how ‘pure, beautiful, saintly and celestial’ breastfeeding is, and we think she’s succeeded.

Breastfeeding has become a controversial topic in recent years, with debates over where mothers should be able to breastfeed and whether Facebook should allow images of women breastfeeding to appear in newsfeeds.

And now Ivens, a Lithuanian-born photographer and breastfeeding advocate, has shot a number of stunning images which depict breastfeeding in its most beautiful and raw form.

The ethereal images feature a number of women from all over America nursing their children in fairy tale settings, including lakes, forests and lavender fields.

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June 10, 2015, 4:42 am

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You used to have a clean house, clean clothes and clean hair.

Then you had children.

Your standards gradually slipped lower and lower and before you know it you are eating the remains of a rice cake off the floor to avoid having to walk to the bin.  Not because you are lazy; but because some days, you are just too tired to care.

Here are a few dirty secrets that only a tired parent will understand:

1. When I am vacuuming, I will stamp on an old biscuit to make it fit up the hoover pipe instead of picking it up.

2. I have thrown away dirty saucepans because I can’t face scrubbing them.

3. I have told my kids… Read the full story

8 misconceptions people make when you tell them you’re from Essex

June 10, 2015, 4:54 am

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Just like many other places around the country, Essex has its stereotypes.

I am sure we have all heard of at least one or two.

Here, I clear up some of the common misconceptions people make about folk from Essex.

1. Essex girls are easy

Yep, that’s right, a bag of chips and a can of cider and we are anybody’s. Seriously, Essex is just the same as anywhere else in the country, and yes there are people who are more generous with their love than others. Most are not.

2. We bathe in fake tan

I for one am offended by this *shakes fist* because I HATE the stuff with a passion; it smells and streaks and flakes off leaving… Read the full story

Mum’s post on the insensitive things people say about her daughter with Down’s Syndrome goes viral

June 10, 2015, 5:16 am

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Caroline Boudet is mum to a beautiful four-month-old girl called Louise.

Louise has Down’s Syndrome and, since she was born, Caroline has been shocked by the number of insensitive comments she’s received.

Earlier this week, the journalist and mum-of-two decided to list all the inappropriate things people say on her Facebook page, in a bid to make them think before they speak.

Because, as she says, ‘words are important’.

Caroline begins by saying: ‘Here is my baby girl, Louise. She is 4 months old, has two legs two arms, and one extra chromosome.’

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The Langham, London, celebrates its 150th anniversary with the ultimate afternoon tea

June 10, 2015, 5:46 am

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150 years after it invented the Great British institution that is the afternoon tea, The Langham, London, have created the ultimate dainty dining experience.

If, like us, you’re a fan of tea, tiny sandwiches, and elaborate cakes, then you’re probably quite fond of afternoon tea.

And as the birthplace of afternoon tea, The Langham, London, really knows how to put on a good spread.

And for the month of June the hotel, which celebrates its 150th anniversary today, has created an extra special afternoon tea menu to mark the occasion.

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Teen designs beautiful prom dress to celebrate what makes her different

June 10, 2015, 7:14 am

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18 types of cheese ranked from worst to best

June 10, 2015, 7:30 am

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There is never a bad time for cheese. Fact.

Cheese can be included in every single meal and comes in many different forms. But of course, not all cheese was created equal and there are some varieties that we like, but don’t quite love.

Here is a definitive list of cheese ranked from worst to best.

18. Brie

Just a bit soggy tasting. Also bland, very bland.

17. Cheesestrings

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13 things you only know if you’re a carer

June 10, 2015, 7:30 am

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Being a carer for someone who is unable to properly care for themselves is like being part of a secret club.

And like all secret clubs there are certain tricks, secrets and pieces of information that only those that are members know.

1. You have amazing organisational skills

You run each and every day with military precision, and you couldn’t be more proud. Not only can you manoeuvre attending a hospital appointment, a hoist breakdown and a charity event, but you can do this all before 1pm.

2. Unlimited patience levels

You could probably run a successful anger management course because there is nothing that can make you lose your cool. Thing’s don’t always go your way but you just deal with it. You’re basically like a real… Read the full story

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Meet the mum who’s donated 29 gallons of breast milk

June 10, 2015, 8:05 am

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American mum-of-two Amy Bormann has donated 29 gallons of her breast milk to a local Wisconsin hospital after clearing out her freezer.

That’s 105 litres of breast milk. Which is 185 pints of milk.

Amy says that when she was breastfeeding her second child Gresyon, now one, she was ‘blessed with a very abundant supply of milk’.

By the time he was six months old, she told ABC News, she had ‘two entire deep freezers packed full of milk’.

She realised she had to do something with all that extra milk and, having worked at a neonatal care unit, she knew just what to do with it.

‘I worked in a NICU,’ Amy says,… Read the full story

According to this receipt, Jesus C is alive, well, and working in PRET

June 10, 2015, 8:38 am

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If you were expecting the second coming of Christ to be a grand spectacular, we’re afraid we have some bad news for you…

Yes, it seems that Jesus C is not only alive and well, but has secured himself a job at sandwich chain Pret A Manger.

The discovery was made by London-based poet Tom Chivers, who was shocked to see that he’d been served by none other than ‘Jesus C’ when he popped to PRET for a chicken Caesar & bacon on an artisan baguette.

Talking to Metro.co.uk, the practising Roman Catholic exclaimed: ‘I didn’t realise the Church was checking up on me at my eatery of choice.’

Meanwhile,… Read the full story

Introducing the Dausage – it’s a sausage with jam in it and no one knows what to think

June 10, 2015, 9:02 am

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It’s so wrong it might just be right.

A man called Liam Bennett has been quietly creating a new foodstuff to blow your minds in a corner of Carmarthenshire in south west Wales.

It’s the sausage/doughnut hybrid you never even knew you wanted. That’s a sausage filled with jam. And it’s called a Dausage *hears choirs of angels singing*.

We’re divided between utter horror and unfathomable thirst (on seeing it for the first time, one person in the Metro.co.uk office said ‘it looks like a fallopian tube.’)

The list of amazing flavour combinations currently being tasted-tested by Liam’s brave family and friends includes:

• Pork with Strawberry Jam
• Pork and Beef with Custard
• Pork with Leek and Blackcurrant Jam
• Chicken with Raspberry Jam
• Dausage Rolls
• Venison with Strawberry Custard
• Vegetarian with Primula

Liam… Read the full story

You can now get your very own personalised Jaffa Cakes

June 10, 2015, 9:34 am

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Guys, we have some pretty spesh news…

You can now get personalised Jaffa Cakes. Ok, the actual Jaffa Cakes aren’t personalised, but the box is, and that’s still pretty darn exciting.

We mean, just think of how many tricky present buying situations these are going to solve… fathers day, Secret Santa, those occasions where you have to get someone a gift but don’t really know them so don’t even know where to start, end of the month birthdays when you’re broke (they’re just £2.49 a packet you see).

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This man paid touching tribute to his granny – by turning her ashes in to a tattoo

June 9, 2015, 9:31 am

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When this tattoo fan’s beloved granny died, he went the extra mile to pay tribute to her with a very special inking.

But rather than just remember her with a straightforward design, sheet metal worker Louis took things a little further – incorporating some of her actual ashes in to his body art.

The 24-year-old – who appears on the latest instalment of Tattoo Disasters UK (despite the lack of actual disaster in his tattoo) – explained just how close he was to his gran, and that he couldn’t imagine a better way of honouring her memory.

‘Because she was so special to me, I planned on getting a memorial… Read the full story

EXCLUSIVE: This jilted wedding dress is selling itself on eBay, sob

June 10, 2015, 11:30 pm

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A wedding dress that never got a chance to have its big day is selling itself on eBay in the hopes it can free itself of the ‘cardboard confines’ of its box.

The ivory lace Diane von Furstenberg Zarita dress missed out on its wedding at City Hall in New York after its British owner, 30, who wishes to remain unnamed, she had split up with her fiance.

And though the bride tells metro.co.uk that she has managed to mourn and move on (kind of), she says that while the dress still sits abandoned in the corner of her room it acts as a constant reminder of what… Read the full story

Here’s how you get a perfect martini delivered to your door – for free

June 10, 2015, 11:33 pm

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How do you fancy getting a perfect martini delivered to your office at 5pm on a Friday?

Well, now that dream is real thanks to London cocktail bar Dirty Martini. They have launched a martini delivery service.

The good news is that it’s totally free. The bad news is that it’s for one day only – Friday June 19, which also happens to be National Martini Day – and you have to be based in W1, London.

But, y’know, if it proves successful, they might roll it out more widely. So, one day, you could be supping martinis delivered direct to your sofa. Or, how about cocktails in bed of a weekend?

Anyway, next Friday, Dirty Martini will… Read the full story

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Remember Twin Strangers girl? Well, she’s found her look-a-like and it’s freaky

June 11, 2015, 12:31 am

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Back in March, the world heard about Niamh Geaney and her ‘Twin Strangers’ project.

Niamh, a 26-year-old from Dublin, and her two friends Terence Manzanga and Harry English, had given themselves 28 days to find their doppelgangers.

Niamh and her pals’ quest was inspired by Devon-born journalist Sophie Robehmed, who, in 2011, became fascinated by the idea there might be someone out there who looked exactly like her.

‘It would be amazing if it was someone from some other country,’ Niamh told the Irish Post at the beginning of her search.

‘It would be great if they were in Hawaii or something…we could go over and meet them and have a cup of tea,’… Read the full story

Why voguing is back in vogue – here’s what happened when I tried it

June 11, 2015, 1:18 am

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You might think that standing still and waving your arms around like an air traffic controller does not constitute a workout.

You would be wrong.

Here I am, wearing my ‘fierce’ face, bingo wings aching and desperately trying to keep up with professional voguer Bianca Traum.

‘Voguing is a way of expressing yourself.

‘You have to stand by your way of expressing yourself and not apologise for taking that much space,’ she tells me, which is all very well but I am already feeling pretty apologetic about the comedy hip thrusts I did in the warm up.

Voguing is back in a big way, with slebs such as FKA Twigs, Rihanna and… Read the full story

You won’t be able to stop watching this girl’s EPIC fall (don’t worry, she was okay. Sort of)

June 11, 2015, 1:35 am

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Stop everything because you need to watch this.

This girl’s absolutely EPIC fall backwards as she tries to slide down a banister is the funniest thing you’ll see all week (given that we know she survived and was relatively unharmed).

The clip is of 17-year-old Annie Schwenker from South Carolina and was taken by her friend Maddie Frank two months ago.

Two days ago, Annie gave Maddie permission to share the video with the world. Thank you Annie. This is comedy gold. Seriously, you won’t be able to stop watching it.

CAN WE PLEASE MAKE THIS GO VIRAL #TBT #SPRINGBREAK2015 pic.twitter.com/vOS2nfrg9N

— Maddie Frank (@MaddieFrankk) June 6, 2015

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Here’s what happens when Miss Piggy gets catcalled

June 11, 2015, 1:40 am

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This is Miss Piggy talking the F word with Kermit for MTV, because feminism.

When asked why she thinks people are afraid to come out as feminists she says, ‘Probably because, I don’t know, they should be afraid NOT to come out as feminists because I’m going to come out and get ’em’.

Which basically answers the question about whether feminist issues come up in the new Muppets show. They do.

MORE: Miss Piggy wrote an essay about feminism and it’s fabulous, obviously

And when it comes to catcalling, don’t even go there people.

‘Normally, when someone catcalls me,… Read the full story

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June 11, 2015, 2:22 am

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The world is split into two types of people – those who live by the clock (the boring ones) and those of us who are always, chronically late (the cool kids, obvs).

Being late is not something people tend to have a lot of sympathy for, but as tardy types have been saying for years, it’s not our fault.

And now, thanks to some very clever people at New York University, we finally have proof that we simply can’t help being late. Yes, apparently some people are just ‘born to be late’, and have a personality type that means they find it hard to be punctual.

If that’s YOU, here are 14 things you’ll know to be true…

1. You never (well, rarely) actually mean to be late.

2. The more you try to hurry, the longer you take.

3. Once in a blue moon you’re on time and it feels really great.

4.… Read the full story