A chilling tale of how overzealous social workers fuelled by ‘satanic panic’ led to innocent parents across the UK having their children ripped away from them has been explored in a new documentary.
From coffee mums in a leafy north-London suburb to presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, dozens of communities have been rocked by bizarre and spurious allegations of adults ritually abusing children, in the name of Satan, despite no evidence for this.
Channel 5’s ‘When Evil Came To Rochdale’, which
On a drizzly Friday morning, Sara Sutherland wakes up smug in the knowledge that today she won’t have to drag her children out of bed for the rigmarole of the school run.
Instead, she and seven-year-old twins, Charlotte and Harriett, will be flying to Barcelona for the day.
But unlike other parents who dare pull their children out of school for a family holiday, Sara won’t be receiving a fine from the local authority for non-attendance.
For the scientist, from
A British boy who said he was ‘kidnapped’ and taken to a ‘spiritual commune’ by his mother and grandfather six years ago reportedly told the man who found him after a four-day hike across a French mountain range that his mum ‘was a little crazy’.
Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, was just 11 when he did not return from a holiday to Spain with his mother Melanie, then 37, and grandfather David, then 58, in 2017. His grandmother and legal
One typically fraught evening, Jo Bevilacqua was attempting to cook dinner with one hand, answer work calls with the other and engage with two daughters desperate for her attention. Suddenly, it struck her — she was utterly exhausted by the home and work-life juggle.
In that moment she decided something had to give. And that something was her business empire. So, 14 months ago, self-confessed workaholic Jo stepped away from her career to devote all her time to her children.
Did you think being a fitness influencer required a home gym, a sculpted six-pack, a fake tanner on speed dial and an account at Lululemon? Think again.
Now, if my own experience is anything to go by, the entry requirements are no more than a ten-year-old pair of leggings, a £14.99 tripod from Amazon and an HRT prescription.
I fell into the role of ‘mid-life fitness influencer’ earlier this year at the age of 55, when videos of me doing
An owl regularly comes and sits quietly outside Chloe Lattanzi’s window, perching itself peacefully for a full hour beside her, before spreading its wings and swooping silently away.
‘I think it’s my mum’s spirit,’ says Chloe, still quietly grief-stricken after the death of her mother, the globally beloved singer and actress Olivia Newton-John, who passed away in August last year aged 73.
‘I believe she’s also shown up as an orb, a floating light in multiple photos,’ Chloe adds. ‘Since
Tuning in to watch twentysomethings in the early stages of orchestrated romantic relationships has become something of a national sport, thanks to the runaway success of ITV’s Love Island.
On to a winning formula, the channel is now bringing us a new dating series My Mum, Your Dad — the first episode of which airs tonight.
And this time the cameras are turning on single parents in their 40s and 50s who, while not quite as gym-honed and orange-hued as
A mum who lost her little boy in a deadly house fire has said she is “desperate” for justice to be done – with an investigation into the blaze still open-ended.
Police have issued an urgent witness appeal in an attempt to catch whoever was responsible for starting a deadly blaze which claimed the life of Joe Uhrie, who died aged seven.
His mum Iroroefe O Edu,has joined this appeal – urging anyone with information to come forward after the
NS&I has explained the process for tracking down a lost Premium Bond after a woman contacted the group about a Bond purchased 37 years ago.
Twitter user Pauline Hornsby (@RENSHAW67) contacted NS&I about a Premium Bond bought for her son 37 years ago. She said: “We have lost track of it so don’t have any numbers. How can he find it to check if there are any prizes?”
The provider said in response: “He will need to trace for his
A TikTok influencer sobbed in the dock as she and her mother were found guilty of murdering two men during a high-speed car chase after ambushing them.
Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin died when their car left the A46 dual carriageway near Leicester on February 11 2022, with prosecutors saying during a three-month trial at Leicester Crown Court that they were deliberately rammed off the road.
Jurors deliberated for more than 28 hours before returning a verdict finding YouTube
