‘Is this your random fact of the day?’ I laughed, his excitement making me smile. ‘I’ve been reading about the hottest chilli pepper in the world,’ he grinned, then proceeded to tell me all about it.

Ebony’s mum had turned things around and was back in her life. But then a brutal act robbed them of everything…

As I sat on the sofa with Dad, eating sweets, my eyes drifted to the walls. ‘Why do you have so many pictures of the devil?’ I asked. ‘I think it’s cool,’ Dad shrugged. It was 2007 and even at six, I

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Sam Morris, 30, was excited for her birthday treat when tragedy struck

Hiding upstairs with my brother and sister, I heard something no child ever should.