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Mum accidentally texts dog groomer instead of beautician about getting vagina...
Davinia and Bonny and the message exchange (Picture: Mercury Press) There’s always that one person saved in your phone without a surname and you’re not quite sure who it is. Davinia Anderson, 42, got...
View Article‘My terminal lung cancer diagnosis made me feel nothing but gratitude for...
Doreen was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer four years ago – there is no cure. The cancer had already spread to Doreen’s brain by the time it was detected, but the 70-year-old has taken the diagnosis...
View ArticleSitting for eight hours a day linked to a higher risk of depression
A reminder that we shouldn’t be spending hours a day sitting (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) Spending hours a day sitting down has been linked to a higher risk of depression, a UK study has...
View ArticleSeventies vibes and vintage rings among Etsy’s top wedding trends for 2020
Seventies touches are going to be big (Picture: Getty) Tying the knot in 2020? You might want to read up on Etsy’s predictions for the biggest wedding trends of the year. You know, just to make sure...
View ArticleMum and daughter with 23-year age gap keep being mistaken for sisters
Mum Joleen Diaz, 43, is on the left, in the green bikini. Meilani, 19, is on the right (Picture: Jam Press) That’s right, it’s time for another ‘wait, which one is which?’ story of a mother and...
View ArticleHow each star sign should spend Valentine’s Day
Find out what your Valentine’s has in store (Picture: Getty) Stuck for plans this Valentine’s Day? Why not let the stars let you know what to do? Of course, every time we talk astrology, we always come...
View ArticleFor trans people, choosing your name is one of the biggest steps in becoming...
Watching that ad, it’s hard not to feel something (Picture: Starbucks) Starbucks UK, in collaboration with Mermaids, launched a new advertisement last week featuring a young transgender person. In the...
View ArticleHalf of people proposing to their partners get into debt buying an engagement...
The average cost of an engagement ring is £6,300 (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) If you’re planning on proposing this Valentine’s Day, you might want to take another look at your bank balance...
View ArticleDancer who uses a wheelchair wants to show disabled women are sexy
Feeling cute, will not be deleting later (Picture: Nila Morton) Nila Morton was dancing in her wheelchair one day when a troll told her she looked ‘weird’. So the 21-year-old dance enthusiast, from...
View ArticleMan turns chewing gum on London streets into intricate works of art
Let’s hope these are the ones he chewed himself (Picture: AFP/ @benwilsonchewinggumman) When most of us come across discarded chewing gum in public, we usually step right over it. Ben Wilson, however,...
View ArticleMum creates magical Harry Potter house by papering surfaces with pages from...
The book she used only cost her £1 (Picture: Latestdeals.co.uk) Hardcore Harry Potter fans can be a little bit intense with their love for the wizarding world, but this mum has taken it to the next...
View ArticleMum shares trick to keep kid’s lunchbox sandwiches fresh for a week
This mum manages to make sandwiches for a week in one go (Picture: Facebook) Making up lunchboxes every night can take a lot of time but one mum has a simple trick to make it a bit easier. Kate, from...
View ArticleHalf of us admit to using our phones on the toilet
Do you bring your phone along on toilet trips? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) As someone who has had to get a replacement phone after dropping hers in the toilet… twice, I take great comfort in knowing...
View ArticleI was drugged and sexually assaulted when an online hook up went wrong
When I told friends I wanted a boyfriend, their exact words to me were: ‘You’ve got an iPhone – get Grindr’ (Picture: Rory Boyle) Five years ago, I was drugged and sexually assaulted by two men, who I...
View ArticleM&S unveils their ‘Love Cucumber’ just in time for Valentine’s Day
True romance is a sliced up cucumber (Picture: M&S) We’re sure you remember the excitement surrounding Marks & Spencer’s Love Sausage – the entirely innocently named Valentine’s Day treat. This...
View ArticleDoula creates childbirth dolls to teach siblings about the realities of birth
Some of the dolls Milia has produced to explain childbirth and pregnancy to siblings (Picture: Milia Simielli) Milia Simielli makes special dolls to help children understand childbirth – complete with...
View ArticleCat eats weed cookie, gets ‘violently high’
Look at her face! (Picture: Twitter/@Carmine_Deville) If you’ve ever had a weed edible, you’ll know just how trippy the experience can be. Carmine Deville’s cat, Carmilla, had that experience first...
View ArticleMy bisexual identity is erased every time I have a boyfriend
After getting into a relationship with a man, the most common question I’ve been asked is: ‘So are you straight now?’ (Picture: Alice Broster) I waited nine years to come out as bisexual. I can’t say a...
View ArticleStruggling actor who wandered UK writing poems on road maps now selling them...
Gommie’s works now sell for upwards of £1,800 at the London gallery where his work is showing (Picture: Gommie/Messums London) A struggling actor who took to walking around the countryside during one...
View ArticleLittle girl with Down’s syndrome becomes model after being told she ‘wouldn’t...
Cara, four, with her little sister Jessica (Picture: Mercury Press) The family of a four-year-old girl born with Down’s syndrome were told by doctors she was never going to have a normal life. In a...
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