All news on the topic: People

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Great-granddad spends 50 years drawing entire village on 100ft scroll
Maurice Ivor Birch, 82, purchased the massive length of paper from a car boot sale for the equivalent of 50p originally intending to use it to entertain his four year old son
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Family 'escape' UK for dream home abroad and live mortgage free after paying £7k
Laura Phoenix, 33, and her husband Anthony, 32, moved 1,941 miles to Strazhitsa, Bulgaria, in September 2023 with their daughters Cecelia, aged four, and Nova, two
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Man finds doppelganger next to him on plane with same name and friends
Mark Garland was checking into a flight to Bangkok at Heathrow Airport when staff told him he'd "already checked in". What he didn't know was that he was about to make a friend for life
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Parent sparks debate over giving more inheritance to child who has kids than not
An anonymous parent who took to an online forum has caused a storm after asking whether or not they should give one of their children more inheritance because they have children themselves
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Heiress giving away her £22M inheritance is looking for 50 strangers to help
BASF heiress Marlene Engelhorn, who garnered media attention for her far-left agenda of increasing taxes on the rich, said she's forming a group of 50 individuals and 15 substitutes to help redistribute her $24.7 million inheritance in a passionate effort to offset wealth inequality
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Woman finds 130-year-old time capsule buried under her floorboards
Madeline Goodwin, 26, found some fascinating items in the metal box at her home in Swindon, Wiltshire, following a chance meeting with the previous owner of the house
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Woman living life in agony says 'sometimes I wish for a lethal injection'
Lauren Bolton, 29, suffers from "locked jaw" - a degenerative condition which affects the movement of her jaw, ears, and temple and leaves her in excruciating pain
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Voice actor has barely spoken in her 'real voice' for 17 years
Tawny Platis, 33, has not spoken in her "real voice" for 17 years and says she finds "tween boys" the most fun to play - as she is naturally very shy when speaking in public
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Man buys wrecked £41,000 house in 'rough area' and turns it into house of dreams
Ryan knew nothing about the property beyond the auction website photos and even less about the area where it was located he made a £41,000 bid. He got quite a shock when he picked up the keys
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'I'm a real-life Wolverine - my rare condition makes me so unique'
FAiZY's unique approach of positivity and self-empowerment have gained him 50,000 fans on Instagram and 85,000 followers on TikTok
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Etiquette expert says we've been eating peas wrong our entire lives
An etiquette expert has shared a tip on the correct way to eat peas that won't lead to a mess, and foodies are mesmerised. Some say it's the most helpful tip they've ever found
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Woman who blamed stress for concerning symptoms discovers it's more sinister
Krystel El Koussa, a 27-year-old from Montreal, Canada, is battling a rare autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis, and cancer, while also advocating for mental health support through social media
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Moment teen girl rescues 4-year-old sister as armed man breaks into home
The 14-year-old, Leigha Kissinger bravely grabbed her 4-year-old sister and rushed to call the police as an armed man tried to break into their Ocala, Florida home
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Ultra-isolated UK village where 'if you survive first winter you stay forever'
A remote UK village is an "amazing" place to live say the locals due to people being "kind and helpful" and "if you can survive your first winter here you'll stay forever"
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5ft 7in 'short king' dating 6ft 9in man - and people think they're brothers
Charlie Monk, 5ft 7ins, met 6 foot 9ins Max Gray at work five years ago and says because of their huge height discrepancy strangers often confuse them for brothers
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'We painted front door pink - nothing prepared us for postwoman's reaction'
Markie Mullins and her boyfriend Milo Bird decided to paint the front door of their home in Detroit, Michigan, an eye-catching pink much to the delight of their postwoman
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102-year-old man celebrates birthday 'feeling 79' with saucy secret to long life
Roger Antonucci celebrated his 102nd birthday on Wednesday at an assisted living facility in Atlanta, after his two daughters, Lisa Messina and Melanie Thompson, helped mark the special occasion
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'Family exclude me & say I'm faking 50 allergies where sip of coffee could kill'
Mia Silverman, a young woman with over 50 severe allergies, including nuts, seeds, dairy, fish, and various fruits and vegetables, has faced a lifetime of challenges
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Brit who just moved to US shares 'weird' things from odd chicken to flirty Ubers
Make-up artist Olivia Christina posted a TikTok video that outlined her thoughts so far in LA, including taking issue with one type of food in the city in particular
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Key things you need to know after mum loses all four limbs from undercooked fish
A mum in California lost all four of her limbs after she contracted sepsis when she ae raw fish from a food market in San Jose. Here is everything you need to know
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'I grew up in Jewish area with surname Hittler - I got my nose broken 3 times'
John Hittler, a grandchild of three Irish immigrants and one German one on his dad's side, lived in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood of Detroit, Michigan, all while looking like 'a Nazi poster child'
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'People kept mistaking my voice for a woman's – so I got surgery to change it'
A surgeon has gone viral after sharing video showing transformative vocal surgery results on a man who was fed up with being mistaken for a woman over the phone
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Expert details 3 things family wants you to leave behind for them when you die
Planning forward is important and although nobody likes to think of a loved one's passing, it is important to take care and avoid things that may bring struggles to those left behind
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Woman with incurable boil-like bumps all over her body shares her struggles
Selina Ferragamo, a 28-year-old woman from New York was diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa, a rare inflammatory skin condition causing her painful and boil-like spots
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Girl, 10 has dream 'wedding' to childhood sweetheart days before dying of cancer
Emma Edwards' dream was to marry boyfriend of two years, ten-year-old Daniel Marshall Christopher Williams Junior, after she was told her acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was incurable