Dressed in a nautical striped top, dungarees, Converse shoes and a daisy chain in my hair, I swung my arm around my little sis Aimee, then eight, and grinned up at the handheld camera. ‘Cheese,’ Aimee

Three women tell us about the extra-special relationships they’ve been lucky to have

Sarah was told she had just weeks left to live, then something extraordinary happened…

Shannon’s sister had finally left her abusive husband. So why couldn’t she shake a horrid feeling…

After a shock diagnosis at 23, Alexeanne kept defying the odds…

Twirling around and waving her arms on stage, my eldest, Laura, then six, had a huge smile on her face as she glanced at me and her dad Mac, then 29, in the audience. ‘What a superstar,’ I whispered,