18 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Stop hoarding your old knickers — here’s how many pairs of pants you actually need
How many pairs of knickers do you own? (Picture: Getty) I once took 14 pairs of knickers on a five day holiday and still felt unprepared. Stuffed at the back of a draw or scattered across the floor, knickers are an essential in millions of people’s wardrobes. But how many pairs of pants should we […]
18 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Why you wake up not knowing where you are — even when you’re at home
Ever woke up feeling confused? There’s actually a term for it (Picture: Getty/Metro) It’s not uncommon to experience less-than-ideal sleep. In fact, according to 2024 statistics from the Sleep Charity, 90% of Brits report having problems, while more than 14 million are living with undiagnosed sleep disorders. Worse still, the average length of time that […]
17 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
‘Fire penis’ is the painful sex symptom killing the spark in the bedroom
It’s getting hot for all the wrong reasons (Picture: Getty) From STIs to four-hour erections, having a penis can be a risky business. And one young man has revealed he’s been struggling with a problem that’s getting him hot in the bedroom — and not in a good way. It’s a phenomenon Metro is dubbing […]
17 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
5 simple steps to follow if you don’t want to be ill for Christmas
No one wants to be sick over the holidays (Picture: Getty Images) Everywhere you turn, someone is coughing and sneezing at the moment. To make matters worse, there’s the supposed ‘super flu’ surge to contend with, and it’s the end of the year, so many of us will be feeling pretty run down after a […]
16 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
How long you should be able to hold a plank for, according to your age
It’s important to focus on technique too (Picture: Getty Images) No matter how long you’ve been horizontal, holding a plank feels like an eternity. The annoying thing, is that the plank really is good for you. Loved by yoga mums, army cadets and everyone in between, the core strengthening exercise is undeniably effective. But just […]
15 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I was so stressed I dropped down dead in my garden for seven minutes
Courtney was 22 when she died for seven minutes (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) On a cool damp Sunday in November, 22-year-old Courtney Stocks dropped dead in her garden. She didn’t smoke or drink, and walked 10,000 steps every day to her dog grooming business in Derbyshire. Nonetheless her heart stopped for an agonising seven […]
15 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Everyone told me I was just another stressed teenager — it was a brain tumour
Katie-Jo Bartlett and her mum, Stacey, say they were dismissed by doctors (Picture: Katie-Jo Bartlett / SWNS) When Katie-Jo Bartlett looked down at her GCSE exam paper in June 2022 she saw colours dancing across the page. Months earlier, she visited her GP and described the issues she’d been having with eyesight, as well as symptoms […]
15 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I had a period every day for a year – then discovered what was wrong
The arrival of Jess’s first period at 14 didn’t just ruin her birthday, it wrecked her teenage years (Picture: Supplied) The pain was excruciating. It would start in Jess Cox’s lower back and shoot down her thighs. The cramping and burning pain in her abdomen would drive her to distraction, forcing her into a wretched […]
14 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I’m fighting for cancer treatment so I can see my daughter grow up
It’s treatable, but not curable (Picture: Sophie Blake) It was September 2023 and I was at home when I read that a drug with the potential to extend my life by six months had been rejected by NHS England. It feels like people with secondary breast cancer aren’t seen as valuable enough to merit the […]
14 Dec, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Everything that happens to your body between death and the funeral
Have you got a stomach strong enough? (Picture: Getty Images) While the fate of our consciousness is a matter of personal belief, what happens to our physical bodies after death is universal. Lianna Champ, 59, the UK’s first female undertaker and embalmer, has made dead bodies her life ever since seeing her first one at […]