Real Life

14:59, 2 MAY 2025

British expat in Spain lays bare truth over what blackout was really like

A British expat has shared her experience of the Spain power outage saying she "enjoyed feeling really disconnected"

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Dad left in a coma after 'hitting hidden pothole' in horror e-scooter crash

Dave Walton was riding the motorised vehicle to his friend's house in the early hours before waking up in hospital

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'I'm a Brit living Spain - it's a lifestyle that's not achievable in the UK'

A British expat living in Costa Blanca, Spain has explained why the lifestyle abroad is just "not achievable in the UK"

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'I was stuck on a train during the Spain power cuts for over nine hours'

A British woman living in Spain shared her train journey from Barcelona to Madrid which came to a halt for over nine hours when a Spain power outage occurred yesterday (April 28)

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103-year-old woman becomes face of major makeup brand

103-year-old Joan has recently accumulated a great deal of social media followers due to her love of makeup, catching the eye of Collection Cosmetics

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'My son, 9, had leg amputated after suspected broken knee turned out to be bone cancer'

Corinthian Marchant's symptoms were initially thought to be growing pains and a fractured knee

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Denied PIP claimant took own life after mortgage went up by £500-a-month

Kathleen Moore tried to apply for PIP but was rejected, her daughter has said

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Usher surprises Birmingham schoolboy with 'absolutely insane' gesture

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A young man from Birmingham was given an "amazing" gesture by popstar, Usher, after going viral on social media

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Couple faced horror of losing their baby boy just before he was born

When midwives couldn't find a heartbeat they said the machine was faulty, but they were wrong

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I've cleared £5,000 worth of debt in three months thanks to easy method

Influencer, lifewithalyce, has shared her top tips to organise your money this year

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Plane passenger gets 'poked in arm' - and feels sick as soon as she realises what it is

A woman was left feeling sickened after she was poked by the passenger behind her on a flight - she wasn't expecting what she saw

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Tiler wins £6.7m fortune on EuroMillions – but then his world collapses

Luís Lopes was a tiler living in a small parish in Portugal when he won a share of the EuroMillions jackpot of over €50 million in 2009, but the sudden wealth led to his life spiralling out of control

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'I'm a commercial pilot – airline staff dread people asking these eight questions'

United Airlines' Paul Holte has taken to Instagram to share a list of common questions he says airline staff are annoyingly faced with on a daily basis, and the responses he usually gives

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‘A boiler repair saved me hundreds of pounds’ - heating fixed quickly on a bitterly cold day

For Polly, an urgent boiler fix was a matter of good health and British Gas acted quickly

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One of most remote jobs in British Isles was 'like I'm a Celeb' but without showers

Chloe Hurst, 29, spent nine months volunteering as an assistant estate warden on the Calf of Man - an island off the south coast of the Isle of Man, owned by Manx National Heritage

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Holidays, handbags or houses - what would you do as a millionaire?

Have you ever imagined winning the Lotto jackpot? These people have…

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Mum told she 'shouldn't have survived' after developing sepsis on the brain

Alison Strong, 50, was rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke at her home in November 2019 and was diagnosed with a low-grade meningioma - a non-cancerous brain tumour that grows slowly

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Vinted sellers warned of scam that could leave people 'thousands' out of pocket

People who sell their second-hand fashion gems on Vinted have been warned about a scam that could see them lose out on money as the second-hand market continues to grow rapidly

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'I was diagnosed with incurable cancer - my bestie says she'll be our surrogate'

MaryKate hopes to get married soon and have children thanks to the help of her best friend

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I gave up sugar or sweetener in my tea after 20 years and one thing made it much easier

Many Brits enjoy multiple cups of tea throughout the day

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Flight attendant shares 'filthiest part of the plane' – and it's not what you think

A flight attendant has shared the one part of a plane that she's 'never seen cleaned' in her five years on the job – and it'll make you reconsider which seat you pick

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I cut out cow's milk for a week and made one crucial mistake

Replacing cow's milk with oat milk proved harder than anticipated

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Woman in shock after cleaning overlooked home area and urges others to follow suit

A woman has taken to social media to share a clip of herself cleaning something she admits she has 'never' thought of doing before - and fans were left 'shocked'

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Huge flight row erupts on plane over seats as man 'escorted off by security'

A man has gone viral on TikTok after sharing the 'tough lesson' he learned to never switch seats on a plane with a stranger, after he was forced to swap and it ended in a huge row

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