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A guide to DARVO, the gaslighting response people give when they’re called...
Do you know DARVO (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) When an influential person is called out for doing something terrible, whether that’s promoting harmful, hateful views, holding prejudiced...
View ArticleHappy Pride month: What do the colours in the Pride flag mean and what is the...
Waving rainbow flags (Picture: Getty) Happy Pride month to everyone in the LGBTQ+ community! June has long been the month for celebrating Pride, as the Stonewall Riots kicked off on June 28 in 1969,...
View ArticleWoman spends over £20,000 on pampered dogs who only drink bottled water and...
Reggie is the brown chihuahua and Bichon mix, Romeo is the white chihuahua (Picture: Leone Galler) Romeo and Reggie live a life far more luxurious than your average pooch. Romeo, a three-year-old...
View ArticleAmazing art deco flat with silk leopard print carpet goes on sale for £975,000
The flat is in an iconic modernist block called Chesil Court, in Chelsea (Picture: Strutt & Parker) Whether you’re in the market for a property or just fancy looking at some jazzy interiors,...
View ArticleHow to get a home beer tap or beer keg and install it
So many options (Pictures: Various) Going to the pub, you might not think about the long journey your pint has to go through to get from the barrel to your glass. But kegs and beer taps are a...
View ArticleEvery question about beer answered
Cheers to beers (Picture: Getty Images) Beer ifs pretty much the lifeblood of our country and many others. Why International Beer Day (which happens to fall this Monday 15 June) hasn’t been made a...
View ArticleWhat Comes Next: Why living through the coronavirus pandemic will make us...
Throughout our What Comes Next series, we’ve looked at how the world has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, from our working culture to the way we say hello. The world in which we now live is...
View ArticleTraveller communities like mine are being forgotten in the fight against...
This pandemic has simply highlighted that Travellers need more permanent local authority sites (Picture: Mary Turner/Getty) People have a very stereotypical view of Travellers. They seem to think we...
View ArticleAre outdoor gyms currently open?
Outdoor gyms have been closed since March (Picture: Paul Ellis / AFP) Lockdown measures will be further eased this week, allowing non-essential shops to open up from Monday 15 June. High street...
View ArticleMum worries Black daughter won’t get same opportunities as white sons
These three kids are Sophia and Chris’s biological children (Picture: Caters News Agency) Sophia Cooper says she is regularly stopped in the street by strangers who ask why her daughter Flossy is...
View ArticleFamily of eight live with 81 exotic animals including pythons, tarantulas,...
Meet the Gavin family (Picture: Caters News Agency) There’s never a dull moment for the eight members of the Gavin family who live with 81 exotic animals. Dad Scott Gavin, 35, has built five outdoor...
View ArticleAs a gay man, I couldn’t donate blood – until lockdown
According to the NHS website, ‘all men must wait three months after having oral or anal sex with another man before donating’ (Picture: Martin Price) I’m 25 and I’ve just given blood for the very...
View ArticleEthnic minorities have fewer job opportunities due to ‘societal racism’, says...
Ethnic minorities experience socio-economic disadvantages compared to their white counterparts (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) Job prospects for ethnic minorities continue to lag behind...
View ArticlePeople call out ‘everyday racism’ in supermarkets with extra security on...
Law scholar Jesús A. Rodríguez showed the problem of policing products aimed at Black and Latinx communities (Picture: Jesús A. Rodríguez) Most of us don’t think much when we do our weekly shop at the...
View ArticleFor some reason, this cat enjoys eating like it’s in the Hungry Hippos game
Someone’s hungry (Picture: Twitter/@tramL116) Ever watched your cat eat? Our beloved kitties are usually a fan of some delicious treats. But one little cat likes to really go to town, taking huge...
View ArticleThe best flavoured beers you can buy online for people who don’t like the...
If you want a pint in the park but don’t actually like beer, these are the brews for you On National Beer Day and beyond, few things top the simple joy of cracking open a cold beer on a hot day....
View ArticleI gained 8 stone after my husband and best friend died
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes days after by husband died (Picture: Linda Aitchison) As I gorged on my third mini Mars bar from my kitchen’s treats cupboard, my daughter Melissa cried. ‘Mum,...
View ArticleDog owner’s warning after pet becomes impaled on a stick during game of fetch
Jemma and Marley, and right, his injury (Picture: Mercury) Jemma Hammerton was out for a walk with her five-year-old Jack Russell cross Marley when she decided to throw a stick for him to catch. But...
View ArticleHow to stay safe if you’re going back to the shops today
As non-essential shops reopen – we look at how customers can stay safe (Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images) After three long months of lockdown the shops are reopening today. Non-essential shops have...
View ArticleHow to make beer can roast chicken
Perfect for the BBQ (Picture: Getty Images) It’s National Beer Day and to celebrate, we bring you the beer car chicken. With this recipe, there are two good things – you get a juicy delicious chicken,...
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