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21/5 In Focus: Gretna Green

'Love is everywhere here': Why Gretna Green is more than the go-to for eloping teens

Lifestyle April 2, 2023 By Sarah Ingram

‘I can’t afford to survive’: how food banks are tackling the growing cost of living crisis

UK August 1, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

Sarah, Duchess of York: ‘I thought my mum left home because I got a bad haircut'

Entertainment May 16, 2022 By Amanda Cable

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York on the joys of writing first novel age 62

UK May 16, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

Diana Princess of Wales with Sarah Ferguson (later the Duchess of York)

Sarah Ferguson: ‘Diana and I were the only two who really understood what it was like'

UK May 16, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

How human traffickers are using the Ukrainian exodus to find their next victims

News May 15, 2022 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott

'I have never felt so alone’: How the UK ended up in the grip of a loneliness crisis

Lifestyle May 18, 2022 By Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (4105737m) Nick Cave '20,000 Days On Earth' Stella Artois film screening, Barbican, London, Britain - 17 Sep 2014

The tragedies of Nick Cave as he loses his second child

Music May 14, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

Has the pandemic broken the beauty industry?

Beauty May 14, 2022 By Sarah Ingram

My £10k wedding: 'How I saved £20,000 on my big day'

Money May 12, 2022 By Susan Griffin

'I lost my daughter to suicide - I'll cry every day for the rest of my life'

Health May 12, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

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'Be careful what you wish for': What it’s really like to win the lottery

Money June 21, 2023 By Sarah Ingram

?Nothing compares to my work with Women?s Aid? How Mel B turned from pop star to advocate Getty Images

'I'll always use my platform for other women': Mel B on MBE for her domestic abuse work

Showbiz May 10, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

FEATURE: The midlife women having mindblowing sex

From online hook ups to illicit affairs - the midlife women having mindblowing sex

Sex July 18, 2022 By Katreen Hardt

It’s cheap, tacky and over in seconds - so why do so many people want to get wed in Vegas?

Travel May 7, 2022 By Sarah Ingram

'I wanted to kill my baby': Why it's so important to talk about maternal mental health

Health May 6, 2022 By Siobhan Smith

My mastectomy and me: why we chose to have our breasts removed

Health May 4, 2022 By Siobhan Smith

Protecting 'The Pink House': The fight to keep Mississippi's only abortion clinic open

US May 4, 2022 By Jessica Kwong

FEATURE: Hepatitis outbreak: how the pandemic has impacted our immunity Getty Images

Hepatitis outbreaks and continual colds, has the pandemic impacted our kids’ immunity?

Health May 2, 2022 By Suzanne Baum

METRO LIFELINE: SCAFELL PIKE AT NIGHT

Metro.co.uk Lifeline campaign: Join a charity fundraising night climb of Scafell Pike

Lifestyle May 1, 2022 By Claie Wilson