Metro.co.uk has tapped Kristina Beanland to serve as deputy lifestyle editor. Beanland will cover real-life, health, beauty, fashion, food, parenting and relationships.

She joins from Bauer Media, where she was a commissioning editor for Celebrity, Mass & Mature. Before that, she served as a commissioning editor and deputy features editor for Bella & Closer. She also wrote for Future.

Beanland has a B.A. from Lancaster University and a M.A. from Brunel University London.

You can congratulate Beanland via Twitter.