Alex was charismatic and handsome. The control started slowly - then he started smashing things up and set my clothes on fire. This is how I escaped... then my life took an unfathomably magical turn
After enduring years of coercive control, Sarah Jepson tells Anna Moore how she finally found the confidence to escape and take charge of her life
King Charles has abandoned us and Prince William doesn't want to know: Poundbury residents say drugs, red tape and brawling pensioners have ruined monarch's model town
Residents living in Poundbury, which is being built on Duchy of Cornwall land in Dorset, claim the model town is no longer living up to its paradisal image.
Pensioner to have home seized in boundary dispute over 1ft strip of land
Bailiffs visited Jenny Field to deliver the notice that they will take possession of her £420,000 bungalow in Poole, Dorset, after she ignored a deadline to settle a £113,000 legal bill with neighbour Pauline Clark.
The Brit cancelled for selling doner kebabs: Takeaway accused of 'appropriating' Turkish cuisine by east London hipsters
Donny's Doner, a DJ-owned 'neighbourhood' kebab shop in hipster Hackney, shut its doors after the owner faced accusations of 'cultural appropriation' for serving kebabs as a 'white guy'.
The miracle of Saint Nicholas that is still happening today nearly 1,700 years after it began
The bones of Saint Nicholas, who inspired the story of Santa Claus, have mystified the world for nearly 1,700 years following his death.
Red Rachel's RECORD £75bn tax bomb: Reeves has hit Britain harder than any Chancellor since figures began - in stark contrast to huge cuts during Thatcher era
An historic database of Budget measures shows Ms Reeves has been 'scored' as adding £75.1billion a year to the burden on hard-working Brits.
Overwhelmed by leftovers? These five healthy recipes will give new life to Brussels sprouts, potatoes, stuffing and turkey... and all you'll need are a few store cupboard staples
For many people, the REAL festive feast is on Boxing Day, when you're free to pick at the leftovers.
Example is engaged! Musician reveals he has proposed to Daisy Cox with huge diamond as Calvin Harris leads the congratulations
The musician, 43, whose real name is Elliot Gleave, began dating art advisor Daisy in 2023, and the couple confirmed the birth of their first child earlier this year.
I was catapulted out of my body into heaven after I flatlined during surgery. When I returned there was no trace of my cancer
Rosemary Thornton, an author living in the Midwest, suffered a near-death experience (NDE) while undergoing cervical cancer surgery. What followed left her stunned.
Life-changing dementia treatment 'within five years' - cure possible, experts announce
British researchers say a cure for Alzheimer's disease could one day be possible, with experts suggesting truly life-changing treatments may emerge within the next five to ten years.
Katie Price reunites with daughter Princess for Christmas following feud after she and brother Junior spent the morning with father Peter Andre
Katie Price reunited with her daughter Princess on Christmas Day after she and her brother Junior spent the morning celebrating with their father.
DAILY MAIL SPORT'S QUIZ OF THE YEAR: How much do you remember about sport in 2025? Can you beat your relatives this Boxing Day? From trophy droughts to inflatable trouts, it's time to find out...
It's been another wonderful year for British sport. But how much of the past 12 months of highs, lows and everything in between do you really remember?
Stranger Things review: Penultimate volume is 'full of massive revelations which will leave you in tears' say critics as we finally discover what the Upside Down really is
The penultimate volume of Stranger Things has been branded 'amazing' and 'phenomenal' by fans as they finally find out what the Upside Down really is.
Other folks' New Year's resolutions that drive me mad - and the ones I wish they WOULD make: CLAUDIA CONNELL
With the New Year just around the corner, it's a given that people will be making resolutions. here's a guide to the ones to avoid, plus the ones that I wish people would make...
Inside Liverpool's terror palace. The air bristles with horror. There's something absolutely hostile here... and it's close: Read HORATIO CLARE's account of the paranormal before you judge... his evidence is convincing
On a shuddering December night, the Old Lady of Lime Street looms up towards the low clouds over Liverpool like an ocean liner, a stranded ship of white stone and dark windows.
Could you plunge a live lobster into boiling water? By a writer who did just that - to the horror of family members: DOMINIC MIDGELEY
The last time I invited people round for a lobster lunch, writes DOMINIC MIDGELEY, a more squeamish party member took one look at the two beauties and christened them Nippy and Pinchy.
We farmers take falling prices, sick animals and bad weather in our stride. What we cannot cope with are politicians who loathe our very existence: JAMIE BLACKETT
I love this time of the year. But it is bitter sweet for farmers, writes JAMIE BLACKETT.
Cocaine users are everywhere at this time of year. I was an addict for a decade and my behaviour still haunts me. Here's the signs YOU'RE spending today with a secret user... by someone who really knows
There are so many women like me - including fellow mothers - spiralling further into addiction, aided and abetted by the season of excess.
Louis is the love of my life. We're in our 50s, share a son, live together and have just had the most blissful Christmas. But we have a secret you'll never guess...
Fergus, his father and I spent Christmas day yesterday together. This wouldn't be remotely unusual, except that Fergus's father, Louis, and I have a surprising secret...
ROBERT HARDMAN: The hidden message on royal's tawdry scandal I spotted in the King's speech. It's the great 'unmentionable'... but I was with Charles when he was moved to tears. He hasn't forgotten
His overarching theme was the joy of pilgrimage, writes ROBERT HARDMAN. This is, after all, a King who, in past years, would go off for a restorative retreat at a remote Greek monastery.