Real life stories

Transracial adoption: 'People accused me of kidnapping my son'

'I went to school and woke up in intensive care'

'Storm Eta ruined my home'

Dr Stephanie Yacoub was about to deliver a baby during Tuesday's explosion

David Loftus on rebuilding his life after the tragic death of his twin brother

Coronavirus: US doctor who has worked 258 days straight goes viral

Guatemalan Rosayra Pablo Cruz was helped by a surprise visitor while she was in detention

Ben McMahon suffered a brain injury which impacted his use of language

How Shane McCrae took to poetry to make sense of his difficult and abusive upbringing

When Covid hit, Jyoti Kumari and her injured dad had to return to their home village

I was betrayed to the East German Secret Police

Why women’s rights advocate Julie Lalonde stayed silent about being stalked for a decade

Tani Adewumi fled Nigeria and became a chess champion in New York at just eight years old

It began when Holly Fitzgerald and her husband Fitz’s plane crash-landed in Peru…

Diver Chris Lemons was trapped on the North Sea bed for around 35 minutes without air

Omar and Hassan Mohamed are two Somali brothers who never stopped looking for their mum

Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups

How a bag leaking sarin in Tokyo led Atsushi Sakahara to seek answers from a cult member

Brent Underwood was snowed in at an abandoned California mining town with a haunting past

Li Jingzhi's child was abducted in 1988. They’ve finally been reunited 32 years later

Rachel Colenso and her partner were stranded on a Swiss mountain in a fierce blizzard

Richard Harris anaesthetised the trapped boys believing they had no chance of survival

Marie McCreadie on her agony becoming mute at 13 and her shock and joy learning the cause

How Reverend David Kennedy fought to shut down a shop selling racist paraphernalia