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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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Life after ‘missing’; what happens when someone returns home or is found

Channel: UK UK 10 hours ago By Kirsten Robertson

What really happens when somebody goes missing in the UK?

Channel: UK UK 3 days ago By Kirsten Robertson
JANUARY 8: Nicki Durbin/Luke Durbin

'My son went missing 19 years ago. I'm determined to find out the truth'

Channel: UK UK 1 day ago By Kirsten Robertson
Rex Features Ltd. do not claim any Copyright or License of the attached image Mandatory Credit: Photo by Met Police/Shutterstock (11800519a) Suzy Lamplugh aged just 25 and was working as an estate agent. She left her office to meet a prospective client. Suzy is presumed dead, and is believed to have been abducted and murdered. Investigation into disappearance and murder of Suzy Lamplugh continues, UK - 15 Mar 2021

How the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh inspired two sisters to start a charity

Channel: UK UK January 6, 2025 By Kirsten Robertson

One mother’s desperate 28-year fight to find her missing son

Channel: UK UK 6 days ago By Kirsten Robertson
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Thousands will descend on the Isle of Wight in May – and you should too

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle January 6, 2025 By Kirsten Robertson

Metro’s Lifeline campaign raises over £26,000 for Young Lives vs Cancer

Channel: UK UK November 4, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Marie Devereux - My daughter died from melanoma - it's important to know the signs

My daughter was just 24 when a mole on her leg started bleeding

Channel: Health Health May 30, 2024 By Marie Devereux
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‘We walked the Jurassic Coast cliffs during a torrential thunderstorm’

Channel: News News October 24, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
Andrea Brady and Jess Cornwall

If only the doctor who looked at my daughter had taken another glance

Channel: Health Health May 21, 2024 By Andrea Brady
Amy Chilton: It started with itchy skin. X months later, I was diagnosed with lymphoma at 23

I knew I had cancer but doctors refused to listen to me

Channel: Health Health May 20, 2024 By Amy Chilton
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
Alyssa: I was given a terminal leukaemia diagnosis at 13. A pioneering treatment cured me Credit GOSH

I thought I was a healthy kid. Then I got a cough I just couldn't shake

Channel: Health Health May 6, 2024 By Alyssa Tapley
Marie Devereux - My daughter died from melanoma - it's important to know the signs

A mole on my daughter's leg started bleeding. She was just 24

Channel: Health Health May 28, 2024 By Marie Devereux
Left: Joe Bennet taking a selfie while running; middle: Charlie on Joe's shoulders; right: Charlie swimming with dolphins when he was younger (Picture: Joe Bennet)

I don’t mind that my brother is faster than me – I only care that he is still alive

Channel: Health Health April 22, 2024 By Joe Bennet

Young people are being told to ‘calm down’ over cancer fears - but what if they’re right?

Channel: News News April 1, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson
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
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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