The Sun • 22nd July 2025

Lovestruck men mob me on nights out as I look just like Sabrina Carpenter

A RETAIL worker looks so much like Sabrina Carpenter that starstruck fellas mob her on nights out, demanding selfies and trying to woo her with drinks.Olivia Fano is regularly stopped for selfies by stunned strangers while out and about, believing she's the Please Please Please singer.The 20-year-old admits it's an 'amazing' compliment to be likened to the pint-sized hitmaker, admitting she attracts even more attention on nights out from lustful blokes.The similarity has definitely ramped things...

The Scottish Sun • 18th July 2025

Scots mum's urgent warning after daughter left in agony amid 30C heatwave

A 'TRAUMATISED' mum had to rush her screaming daughter to hospital - after being so badly sunburnt while playing in the paddling pool that she was covered in giant yellow blisters.Lauren McMaster was enjoying the sun in her mum's back garden in Luton, Bedfordshire, while her six-year-old Paisley McMaster played in the pool last weekend.The 30-year-old claimed she reapplied factor 50 sun cream on her daughter every 30 to 40 minutes 'because she's ginger' and that she did not stay in the sun too l...

Mail Online • 17th July 2025

Majorca's too GERMAN for me! Brit says island is 'more like Munich'

By KEVIN ADJEI-DARKO Published: 09:39, 17 July 2025 | Updated: 12:48, 17 July 2025 A British holidaymaker has joked she accidentally booked a trip to Munich instead of sunny Spain after discovering her resort in Majorca was 'heaving' with Germans.Tara Davies flew to El Arenal with her cousin for a getaway on June 23, hoping for a full-on Spanish experience. But instead of flamenco and fiestas, the 25-year-old claims she walked straight into a techno-fuelled beerfest, complete with bratwu...

The Sun • 16th July 2025

My £280-a-day ket habit left me peeing every 2 secs & passing out in the bath

DANIELLE Littlewood was just 19 when she tried ketamine for the first time - a drug that would soon turn her world upside down."I watched ket take everything from my life," the 21-year-old from Southport, Merseyside, said. "It took my car [and] it ruined a lot of relationships because I couldn't pay anyone back."The former party girl revealed the class B drug left her desperate for the toilet "every two seconds".She was often confined to the bath for hours on end to ease 'ket cramps', where she...

Daily Mirror • 15th July 2025

'I was forced to barricade my mouldy hotel room after my lock stopped working'

A 'stressed' model claims she was forced to barricade her 'mouldy' hotel room while she slept as the lock didn't work - before forking out £700 on an Airbnb instead.

Chiara Cox jetted off to Antalya, Turkey, for a relaxing two-week trip with her friend Toby Wolstenholme on July 1st, but said their room was 'horrendous'. The 22-year-old claims they were forced to barricade themselves in with luggage and furniture as the door didn't lock, the bathroom was covered in mould and the walls were marke...

The Sun • 14th July 2025

My sore knee was a drunken injury - until my leg SNAPPED & I fought for my life

WHEN Lucy Worthington's knee began to ache, she assumed it was just a drunken injury.But after physio failed to sort it out, she realised it was a killer condition hiding in plain sight - one which would see the 27-year-old snap her leg in half while she was sitting on the sofa.Lucy, from Bristol, UK, tells Sun Health: "I started getting pain in my right leg around my knee. "So I went to my GP who referred me for an X-ray in February, and they told me the X-ray was clear and there was nothing to...

Mail Online • 14th July 2025

I lost HALF my bodyweight using a simple at-home method

By MEIKE LEONARD Published: 11:34, 14 July 2025 | Updated: 17:30, 14 July 2025 A 16-stone law student who was branded a 'whale' by school bullies says she dropped from a size 18 to a tiny size six by using a simple at-home method.Jessica Turner, 20, shed an incredible 8st 3lb after deciding she had had enough of taunting by cruel fellow pupils. Though admitting she was always 'chubby', Jessica said she piled on the pounds after turning to junk food for comfort whilst at school. This, com...

The Sun • 8th July 2025

Ketamine left me peeing glass, wearing nappies and with a MARSHMALLOW face

JACK Curran was just 19 when he began using ketamine to cope with the pain from a broken leg.Within just six months, the lad from Essex was hooked taking the drug, dubbed “this generation’s heroin”, all day, every day.And just a few years later, it had ravaged his body – leaving him wetting the bed in nappies, peeing “blood and jelly” every five minutes, and screaming in agony as it felt “like peeing glass”.Jack, who is now 29, first tried the class B drug at 16 when his friends started experime...

Daily Star • 5th July 2025

'I noticed something was wrong with my body after posting TikTok videos daily'

A student claims a TikTok trend saved his life - when the daily videos revealed he had a huge lump growing on his neck. Felipe Escobedo had seen how social media users looked "less bloated" after having Coconut Cult yoghurt daily so he tried the craze himself.

But when the 19-year-old rewatched daily videos of him eating it late last month he was shocked to notice the left side of his neck appeared "curvy."

The scared college student said he felt a "big ball" when he touched the side of his ne...

Daily Mirror • 2nd July 2025

Teen 'traumatised' as extreme sunburn on first day abroad blisters whole face

A teenage holidaymaker was left "traumatised" after she got sunburn so extreme on her first day in Thailand that it left her needing hospital treatment for the blisters across her face.

Emilia Azarova jetted off to Koh Samui for a Muay Thai fighting competition on June 13th and went for a two-hour swim in the ocean on her first day. The 17-year-old law student admits she did not think to put on sun cream as the sun did not feel 'hot' while she was swimming, but by the time she got out her lips...

Mail Online • 1st July 2025

Council joiner says he quit rat race to be £1million-a-year influence

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A former council joiner who now claims to earn £1 million per year as an influencer has said he started out life by he growing up on Europe's largest council estate.

Scott Shearsmith, 36, grew up on Bransholme, Europe's largest council estate, in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and says he escaped a rough upbringing but is now trolled by jealous former friends.

He says he...

Daily Mirror • 28th June 2025

'I was in labour for four days - then gave birth in 30 seconds with common tea'

A mum claims she gave birth in just 30 seconds thanks to sipping raspberry leaf tea - after an agonising four-day labour with her first baby.

Sophie McCausland was 'traumatised' from her first birth four years ago so wanted to do everything she could to speed things along with her second.

The 35-year-old said her midwife friend recommended raspberry leaf tea to her as it's claimed to help tone womb muscles so they work better in labour.

In addition to religiously drinking the tea, the office...

Express.co.uk • 28th June 2025

'We paid £1k for dream Greece holiday - it turned into honeymoon from hell'

A pair of newlyweds were left bitterly disappointed after what should have been their dream honeymoon turned into a nightmare. British couple Phil and Hannah Perkins tied the knot on May 9 and set off two days later to enjoy a holiday in Rhodes, Greece. But they realised soon after arriving that the hotel was 'in shambles' due to ongoing construction work.The couple told The Daily Mail they sat by the poolside on the first morning of their trip, trying to relax, but were shocked to hear a 'deafe...

Mail Online • 25th June 2025

I fell in love with a Greek waiter on holiday - now we live together

By ALANAH KHOSLA FOR MAILONLINE Published: 16:09, 25 June 2025 | Updated: 10:43, 26 June 2025 A woman's family holiday became a 'Mamma Mia story' when she found love with the Greek waiter who poured shots in her mouth - and now they've moved in together.Beth Winstone, 21, from Birmingham, jetted off to Zakynthos, Greece, with her mother and grandma in August 2023 and visited the restaurant her family had gone to every year.She said she was not looking to find love after coming out of a '...

Mail Online • 23rd June 2025

Ryanair kicked us off plane to Spain because we hadn't paid for seats

By BEN ENDLEY Published: 08:46, 23 June 2025 | Updated: 09:48, 23 June 2025 A couple have told how they felt held to ransom by Ryanair after they were kicked off a flight to their dream holiday because they hadn't paid extra to book their own seats, saying: 'When you book a flight, you assume you will get a seat.'Scott McCormick, 33, and Helena Borthwick, 32, had already paid £384.55 for the return flights from Birmingham to Mallorca - their first trip abroad in over two years.Speaking e...

Mail Online • 20th June 2025

Why buying a plane ticket means you're NOT guaranteed a seat

00:45, 20 Jun 2025, updated 10:12, 20 Jun 2025 By MARK DUELL

Flight passengers are not guaranteed a seat even when they book one - and can be legally 'bumped' onto another service, travel experts confirmed today.

Airlines will sometimes book more people onto a flight than there are seats on a plane because travellers do not always turn up even if they have booked a flight.

Carriers are also sometimes unable to board all passengers if they switch to a smaller aircraft for operational reaso...

The Sun • 18th June 2025

I was a middle-class girl then became a crack addict - I even set myself on fire

A MUM who grew up as a typical middle-class girl has revealed how boozing at 14 sent her life on a different trajectory. Olivia Taylor first began boozing at 14 in the park with friends, but her addiction soon turned darker when she was introduced to crack, which led to her setting herself on fire while her boyfriend filmed it and laughed.Now, 30 years old, the mum revealed she had a "normal middle-class upbringing" but when her parents divorced when she was 18 her addiction spiralled.To get thr...

LADbible • 16th June 2025

Woman dumps her boyfriend after ChatGPT tells her to

At the moment, it feels like more and more people have been turning to ChatGPT for advice on every inch of their lives.From how to cook something to how to write an essay or even just which shoes to wear with their outfit and now it seems some are even going to it for relationship advice.And one woman ended up dumping her boyfriend ‘because ChatGPT told her to’.The artificial intelligence ‘counsellor’ went as far as writing her breakup messages as Jennyfer Jay sought its advice daily. The 38-yea...

The Sun • 12th June 2025

My trip inside world Voodoo capital that’s become dark holiday hotspot for Brits

A MASKED goblin figure chases two unsuspecting tourists along the busy streets, shrouded in a long multicoloured cloak.A few feet away, a priest carries a goat, preparing to sacrifice its blood to Voodoo gods and share its meat with other believers.Welcome to the Voodoo capital of the world: Ouidah, in Benin, West Africa.Here the ‘goblin’ guardians, known as the Zangbeto, roam the streets wielding wooden swords - ready to ward off evil in both the human and spirit world.Visitors flock to the tin...

Daily Star • 11th June 2025

Mum wants everyone to see horror video of her on fire after drug binge

A recovered addict mum has revealed shocking footage of how she was so high she set herself on fire - while her laughing boyfriend filmed it for his mates.

Olivia Taylor says she had a 'normal middle-class upbringing' and first tried alcohol at the age of 14 when drinking at the park with friends. But when her parents divorced when she was just 18 her addiction 'spiralled' and she began drinking vodka in the morning during sixth form.

The now 30-year-old says she was drinking up to a litre of...

Mail Online • 5th June 2025

I binge drank while pregnant. Don't judge me until you hear why

By SADIE WHITELOCKS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 21:30, 5 June 2025 | Updated: 21:31, 5 June 2025 When Zenia Mitchell experienced bloating and extreme tiredness earlier this year she put it down to partying too hard.The 27-year-old pharmacy technician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had also been celebrating back-to-back birthdays — first her own, then her sister's. But when she began suddenly leaking fluid in March, Zenia became concerned enough to call her mother. The two decided to g...

Daily Mirror • 3rd June 2025

Brit family 'almost died' when holiday hotel went up in flames

A Brit mum says she thought her family was going to die after their four-star hotel went up in flames - with the smoke being so strong that they were "choking on it".

Bethany Wallace, from Grays, Essex, jetted off to Marmaris in Turkey for a two-week EasyJet holiday alongside her husband and three children on April 1. The family were only three days into their vacation when they awoke to a "chemical smell" at around 5am.

The 36-year-old recalled frantically waking up her family as smoke quickl...

The Mirror US • 2nd June 2025

Mum claims girl with cerebral palsy denied Disney pass 'as not disabled enough'

A furious mom claims her daughter was denied a disability pass for Disney because she 'wasn't disabled enough' - so missed her school trip.

Michelle Toy has visited Disney parks 15 times before with her 14-year-old daughter Mara Toy and has always been granted the Disability Access Service Pass (DAS).

But when the pair visited Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, US, on May 9th a staff member reportedly said she no longer fit the criteria.

Despite Mara having cerebral palsy, hydroceph...

The Sun • 30th May 2025

Mum shares heartbreaking photo of baby boy fighting for life as a warning

A TODDLER was left "coughing up black chunks" then fighting for life after swallowing a button battery from a remote control. The tiny disc got lodged in 16-month-old Asa Allen's throat while he was playing outside with his two siblings.Mum Kasey Allen, 32, who had travelled to visit her husband in Texas, United States, was cleaning the family campervan at the time.She found the camera remote on the floor in pieces and noticed a flushed Asa coughing and drooling 30 minutes later. Thinking he was...