Macbook 13inch aluminium will not boot!

I have just returned from a 2week holiday and attempted to turn on my Macbook. it is a 13inch aluminium and i have never had any problems with it in the past. It turns on and the apple logo appears with the moving crcle, the screen turns blue and then its makes the shutting down noice and turns off. I have tried it several times and it is the same every time. It is plugged in and is charging as when i press the butto on the side the lights flash and over a certain period of time it is showing more lights.
Does anyone have an idea as to why this might be happening?
Thanks

Hi, ok so tried that and it still keeps cutting out at the login page. It is fully charged now aswell. I tried cms+s with no avail and cmd+option+PR which worked and as soon as i unplugged charger it turned off again.
Thanks in advance by the way

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