‘I thought the baby would change him’: the women whose pregnancies are blighted by domestic abuse
An estimated 20,000 cases are disclosed to maternity services in England every year. Two survivors tell their storiesEvie bought the baby monitor with a rare flicker of enthusiasm, having become increasingly numb as her pregnancy progressed. She liked…
My sister Nicole married OJ Simpson. This is what I wish I had known
Since Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder in 1994, Denise Brown has devoted herself to ending domestic violence. She talks about her beloved sister, the trauma she witnessed in the couple’s marriage and how lives can be savedThe last night Denise Brown spent…
Tesco is first supermarket to offer paid ‘safe leave’ for victims of domestic abuse
Exclusive: Britain’s largest private-sector employer has also trained managers to spot signs of domestic abuseTesco has become the first supermarket to introduce paid “safe leave” for victims of domestic abuse, giving staff dedicated time to access…
‘Just like that, I lost my girls’: the mother who feels betrayed by the family courts
The theory of parental alienation is a ‘harmful pseudo-science’, according to recent official guidance in England and Wales. Yet it led to Sarah’s two daughters being taken away six years ago – and never returnedOn the afternoon that Sarah’s daughters…