I saw my first dead body aged 8 – it wasn’t the last
In spring 1992, the Bosnian War shattered Smajo Bešo's childhood in Barane, where he fled with his family after they ...
Tag: Real Life
I warned my sister of my premonition – then she was killed
Claire, 23, died in a tragic hostel fire in Australia on June 23, 2000, a week after her sister Karen ...
My mother’s words as I fled my homeland ring in my ears
Fatemah, who lost her father to the Taliban at six, pursued education and worked with international organizations in Afghanistan. After ...
I was taken to the airport 3 times and told I’d be deported
Agnes, originally from the Ivory Coast, recounts her harrowing experiences of being detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, where ...
My son went to the beach with his friends and never came home
On May 31, 2023, Vanessa Abbess experienced a heartbreaking moment when her son Joe, 17, left for a day out ...
How four children survived a plane crash that killed every adult on board
On May 1, 2023, a Cessna 206 crashed in the Colombian Amazon, killing three adults, including the children's mother, while ...
‘Taking my rapist to court was worse than what he did to me’
CPS Statistics reveal that in the year ending 2023, only 5% of the 68,000 rapes reported in England and Wales ...
Could this grainy 70s photo help police solve a missing person case?
In the summer of 2023, PC Shaun Reeve reopened the cold case of Sarjit Kaur Mann, a 20-year-old student who ...
‘My life is a ticking time bomb – I worry about running out of days to make change’
Celia Chartres-Aris, who has a degenerative condition, and her best friend Jamie Shields, who has multiple disabilities, aim to improve ...
‘Getting food parcels during the war was like birthdays and Christmas all at once’
Tim Thomas, reflecting on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, shares his childhood memory of receiving CARE packages during the ...
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