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Metro Lifeline 2025

This year, Metro has chosen to support Missing People, a charity that supplies vital support to families whose loved ones have disappeared. Find out more about the charity – and our fundraising hike on the Isle of Wight in May – in the articles below.

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Abi asleep in a hospital bed with a bandage on her hand (Picture: Abi Holly)

A specialist laughed at my cancer fears - then I was diagnosed

Channel: Health Health March 9, 2024 By Abi Holly

I was diagnosed with a brain tumour just two weeks after cancer took my dad

Channel: Health Health March 6, 2024 By Ainsley Foster
Metro Lifeline 2024

I spent 12 hours walking a stunning coastal hotspot - but was it worth it?

Channel: Travel Travel March 11, 2024 By Claie Wilson
Abi Ritson - as told to Rachel Tompkins - rare gene that causes cancer

Doctors told me and my siblings to spit into tubes. The results changed our lives

Channel: Health Health February 28, 2024 By Abbi Ritson
Shaima Ali: My 4-year-old daughter complained of neck pain. It turned out to be leukaemia Credit GOSH charity

Doctors dismissed my 4-year-old's neck pain until she said 5 words

Channel: Health Health May 10, 2024 By Shaima Ali

'When our son had cancer we had to choose between paying bills or buying food'

Channel: UK UK February 7, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Lifeline second case study

‘Our son was just a baby when he was diagnosed with cancer'

Channel: Health Health January 5, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Stacie described her one-year-old son Jaxon as a happy boy who likes blowing kisses and kicking a football down the hospital corridor (Collect/PA Real Life)

Mum reveals unusual symptom every parent should know after toddler diagnosed with cancer

Channel: Families Families January 3, 2024 By Courtney Pochin
New year, new you: If this is the year you want to get into volunteering, here's where to start getty

If this is the year you want to get into volunteering, here's where to start

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 3, 2024 By Charlotte Colombo

‘I went to prom three weeks after finding out I had cancer’

Channel: Health Health January 2, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

How to challenge yourself in 2024 - and help make a difference at the same time

Channel: News News December 18, 2024 By Claie Wilson

Tried and tested: A cool hiking essentials guide

Channel: Shopping Shopping October 11, 2022 By Claire Eaton-Rutter
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Bereaved families and Metro team brave the elements to climb England’s highest mountain

Channel: UK UK July 5, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson
Health Secretary Sajid Javid speaking during the NHS ConfedExpo at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Wednesday June 15, 2022. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Sajid Javid shares 'private pain' during speech about his brother's suicide

Channel: UK UK June 28, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson
LIFELINE

'After my daughter's suicide, I had to do something to help other families like us'

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle June 21, 2022 By Siobhan Smith
Lifeline: 'The grief will never go'

'The grief will never go – but talking about it makes you realise you’re not alone’

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle June 17, 2022 By Sarah Ingram
Cat White - Lifeline

Join Ten Percent actor Cat White to help raise money for suicide charity PAPYRUS

Channel: Health Health May 29, 2022 By Kimberley Bond

'My son died from suicide. I’d assumed our bond would keep him safe'

Channel: Health Health May 26, 2022 By Sarah Ingram

Two mums who lost children to suicide share why they’re raising money for charity

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle May 23, 2022 By Siobhan Smith

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

Channel: Health Health May 12, 2022 By Kimberley Bond