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WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Domestic abuse survivors have bravely opened up to The Mirror about the lasting impact that abuse can leave - it comes as a spike in incidents is expected around the Euros

Rehema Muthamia has opened up about her own trauma as a domestic abuse survivor. The Londoner was forced to move areas to escape her ex after the relationship became abusive

TERESA Welsh, 43, a foster carer, lives in Grimsby with her husband, children and foster children.As a teen Teresa was sexually abused as vulnerable c

The sister of Allison Dodds, 51, who was murdered by Alexander Hindley, 35, at his home in Blackpool has told of her family's heartbreak when thinking of her 'slow and tortuous death'

Mum Emma Wakefield has now slammed Manchester Airport for taking away the child's life-saving medication without checking with an adult who was with him on the school trip to Italy

Sue Haworth said her twin boys Jack and Harry were two completely different characters who excelled in different aspects of their lives

A WOMAN has revealed how a rare syndrome meant that one side of her body hasn’t developed.Caron Mills, 24, has had eight breast surgeries, and four

Jake Rainton was only 23 years old when he was killed by a single punch from stranger Ryan Patient. His mother, Dawn McGurty, says she has kept his bedroom 'exactly the same' as the day he died

A HEARTBROKEN mum has told how she had to watch her twin baby boys battle the same deadly disease only for one of them to pass away.Nicole Duhaney’s

Sarah’s devastated mum revealed the 31-year-old tried several times to end her relationship - before she was brutally murdered and dumped in an isolated layby

STAY-AT-HOME mum Anna Roberts shares how she tried to quit drinking while having kids.Anna, 28, lives in Rhondda, South Wales, with husband Richard, 3

Lee Ellison and Sarah Etchells from Manchester were together for 20 years with two children - but behind closed doors, Sarah feared for her life over the controlling 'monster'

Kasey Anderson was stabbed to death before his 25th birthday by his much older girlfriend Natalie Bennett, who had been subjecting him to a campaign of physical and mental abuse

Ella, 21, who lost both her parents, said she and her family were left 'in shock' listening to the verdict of her dad's killer - as his sentence was "reduced and reduced again".

A PREGNANT mum is pleading for help with giant cysts which have driven her to the point of despair.Kandy Dolor, from Harrow, has two vaginal cysts, on

Alexis Flavin, 39, from Penarth, has spoken of her ordeal at the hands of brutal Jonathan Cole who throttled her as she lay in bed with their baby daughter

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Zoe Dronfield, now 47, almost died during a horrific eight-hour attack by her ex, Jason Smith - after he was jailed for 10 years she found out he had assaulted 13 other women

A MUM who got together with her childhood sweetheart after years apart is speaking out to raise awareness about molar pregnancies.Mum-of-five Samantha

Sabrina Cowley, from Cheshire, has twice been the victim of stalking and harassment and says women should be able to celebrate their bodies without fear of men over-stepping the mark

Georgie Moss from Wigan gave birth to little Poppy in just five minutes while still at home at 3.05am on Christmas Day. This year she hopes the festivities will be less eventful

Damien Vernon disappeared in December 2014 leaving his daughter, Courtney without a dad - every year she still wraps him a gift and makes his favourite food

Upon finding out she had a 90% chance of breast cancer due to carrying the BRCA1gene, Siobhan Gracey made a brave decision

WHEN Scott Peden said goodnight to his wife and kids on June 30 he never imagined it would be the last time he would see them.But sadly it was after t

A MUM, whose 16-year-old son died whilst wild swimming with friends, says she hopes others will learn from his tragedy.An inquest on July 18 in Bolton

It's been 20 years since Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes disappeared after police believe she was murdered by a grooming gang - with mum Karen Downes saying the family still remain no closer to justice