My best friend was killed by her controlling husband
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton went on to set up a charity to support children and witnesses of domestic abuse, and became chair of Refuge
31 January 2021 • 6:00am
Hetti Barkworth-Nanton (right) with her friend Jo in 2010, six weeks before Jo was killed
Credit: Courtesy of Hetti Barkworth-Nanton
It was an ordinary Monday morning in 2010 when my life changed for ever. I came out of a meeting and saw a load of missed calls and messages from friends. It was the news I’d always feared: ‘Jo’s gone missing.’ Five days later, the body of my best friend and soulmate was found by police.
With a loved one in a care home, this difficult time almost unbearable, finds Paddy Magrane
17 January 2021 • 6:00am The virus tore through
care homes. For staff
who’ve lost residents,
it’s been devastating : Joy Body with her mum Christina on the seafront at Felixstowe, Suffolk. Joy s mother-in-law, Maureen, is a resident in a care home
Credit: Andrew Crowley
Joy Body, 53, lives in Felixstowe, Suffolk with her husband and adult daughter, for whom she cares. She also looks after her mother, Christina, 77, who for years has suffered with ME and fibromyalgia, conditions that cause her acute pain and prevent her from walking.
I’m 28 and my cancer is incurable but I’m making the most of every moment
In March 2020, exactly as Covid-19 was erupting, Mikki Phipps, a professional development coordinator, was told her cancer was incurable
Mikki receiving treatment at the East Surrey Hospital
Credit: Courtesy of Mikki Phillips
On 9 March, I was told my breast cancer had come back, and spread to my lungs. I remember sitting in that little room in the East Surrey Hospital with my husband Tom, completely unable to process it. I’d had a gut feeling that things weren’t right, but nothing can prepare you for something like this. ‘So it’s incurable?’ I asked the doctor. ‘Yes,’ she replied.
Dr Nicola O Leary: why I made my life’s work ‘intimate terrorism’
The criminologist and sister of TV presenter Dermot O Leary explains why domestic abuse should be considered a liberty crime
8 January 2021 • 12:00pm
Dr Nicola O Leary is working with Refuge, a charity supported in the Telegraph s Christmas appeal
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To fans of morning television, Dermot O’Leary, the new Friday presenter on ITV s
This Morning, is a benign host, always ready to set his guests at ease. But to his sister Nicola, he’s the kid brother that she’s always felt responsible for. And yet, she says, she never had to help extricate Dermot, who is three years younger than her, from scrapes.