‘My son was killed by his girlfriend’

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Sunday, 28 June 2026 Issue No. 490

Good morning. Ashe Smith believed James Self, her son, was in a normal relationship. When he was killed by his abusive girlfriend, Smith was devastated at not seeing the truth before it was too late. Now, she is working with police to raise awareness of domestic violence against men. Sybilla Hart reports on her interview with the “remarkable woman” below. Plus, England have made it through to the last 32 at the World Cup as group winners after beating Panama 2-0. Oliver Brown, our Chief Sports Writer, argues that although the atmosphere at the final whistle may have been euphoric, concerns about the England squad remain. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor P.S. We’re giving you a year of The Telegraph for £1.99 per month. Hurry, this email-exclusive offer must end soon. If you’re already a subscriber make sure you’re logged in to read today’s stories.   In today’s edition Simon Case: Burnham will have to be honest or he will go the same way as the last five PMs — The US-Iran war may have ended, but 6,000 miles away the death toll is rising — Plus, how tennis could add 10 years to your life

Ends soon: A year for £1.99 per month Stay ahead of every crucial update as Burnham closes in on No 10 Subscribe now   ‘My son was killed by his girlfriend’ Ashe Smith says her son, James Self, was the victim of a society prejudiced against men Sybilla Hart   Domestic violence makes headlines depressingly often. However, it is rare for the victim to be male. I recently met Ashe Smith, whose son James Self, 47, died after an attack by his girlfriend. He was brutally beaten by Polly Murphy and endured six agonising weeks in hospital before succumbing to his injuries. Murphy is now serving a life sentence for the crime. Smith is devastated both by James’s death and at not seeing the truth about her son and his partner’s relationship behind closed doors. “I feel very naive…” she told me, “and James was too embarrassed to tell us what he was going through.” James Self died on Dec 21 2023, aged 47 Smith says society seems to be prejudiced against men when it comes to domestic violence. She believes that “people have grown up with the idea that men are physically stronger than women”. Now able to find some calm since Murphy’s conviction, she is determined that her son’s death should not be in vain. Smith wants to encourage more men to come forward and share their burdens – and she is working with police to raise awareness. She is, I think, a remarkable woman. This exclusive interview is available only to subscribers. Continue reading ➤   World cup diary Bellingham to the rescue yet again as England book date with DR Congo Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane both scored against Panama Oliver Brown Chief Sports Writer at the MetLife Stadium, New York   The mood at the final whistle was euphoric as Harry Kane celebrated becoming his country’s record World Cup goalscorer by leading fans in a rousing refrain of Wonderwall. England made it difficult for themselves against Panama, the tournament’s only team not to score a goal, but finally prevailed courtesy of second-half goals for Kane and Jude Bellingham. Now, at last, the serious business begins. They are through to the last 32 as group winners, ready to face the Democratic Republic of Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday. It begins a mouthwatering run of fixtures, potentially involving a duel with co-hosts Mexico at the Azteca Stadium. But there are some concerns simmering close to the surface. One in particular is at right-back, with Jarell Quansah going off with a strained ankle midway through the second half, compounding England’s catalogue of problems in that position. They have already lost both Reece James and Tino Livramento to injuries and can ill afford Quansah being consigned to the sidelines as well. There is a nagging sense that it never needed to be this way. Tuchel had a ready-made world-class right-back in Real Madrid’s Trent Alexander-Arnold, but he decided to leave him out of the squad. The manager is adamant his players do not fear anybody. It is a mindset they will need in abundance as the sharp end of the tournament approaches. Read the full match report here ➤ England player ratings: Rogers better off bench and Anderson too isolated ➤ England rely on two world-class players – they are not yet a team➤ Roy Keane and Gary Neville’s wild punditry shows why neither made it as a manager➤   Opinion Daniel Hannan Burnham threatens to be the latest PM thwarted by Tony Blair’s deep state legacy Even Starmer ended up frustrated that the administrative and judicial state stands in the way of delivering for the voters Continue reading ➤     Janet Daley I don’t regret Brexit. But Trump’s ignorance is making Europe look serious Continue reading ➤     Arthur Reynolds Wes Streeting talks like a centrist but governs from the Left Continue reading ➤     To make sure you don’t miss our newsletters when they land in your inbox, click here. In other news Increase capital gains tax and borrow more, urges Burnham ally Harry reconsiders bringing family to UK over security row Met could be forced to reopen thousands of grooming gang cases Driver arrested after car ploughs into pedestrians in London US renews strikes on Iran after second tanker attack Weekend reads Simon Case photographed for The Telegraph this week in central London Simon Case: Burnham will have to be honest or he will go the same way as the last five PMs The former Cabinet secretary worked closely with David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer. Now, in his first major interview since leaving Whitehall, Simon Case tells Gordon Rayner, our Associate Editor, why all of them ended up failing and what Andy Burnham, the putative Labour leader, must do if he is to escape the same fate. This story is available only to subscribers. Continue reading ➤   The US-Iran war may have ended, but 6,000 miles away the death toll is rising In Madagascar, there is a thin line between death and survival. In its rural communities, a relatively common medical condition can rapidly become a death sentence. Yet in the country’s remotest regions, a fragile support network of planes, supply chains, and volunteer medics is under threat from a conflict thousands of miles away writes Verity Bowman, our Foreign and Global Health Security Reporter. The US-Iran war may be drawing to a close, but its death toll is still rising – an unexpected consequence of a global fuel and food shortage triggered by the crisis in the Middle East. Continue reading ➤   Hacked off Hugh Grant pushes next prime minister to curb free speech Hugh Grant arrives at the Community Sports Club in Makerfield, Greater Manchester Fifteen years after the phone hacking scandal, Hugh Grant – aka @HackedOffHugh – believes his moment to win tougher press regulation has finally arrived, writes James Warrington, our Media and Telecoms Editor. As Andy Burnham prepares to enter Downing Street, campaigners hope to revive Leveson-style regulation over the media, while Labour weighs new controls for online platforms. Britain’s prized free speech protections are being sucked into a political war. Continue reading ➤   Telegraph journalists assemble their perfect festival bill – from Taylor Swift to The Smiths Our dream Glastonbury line-up (if it was on this year) It’s Glastonbury weekend, but with the festival on a fallow year (perhaps for the best, given this scorching weather), The Telegraph’s writers couldn’t resist compiling their fantasy line-ups. Dead or alive, British or American: Michael Deacon, Neil McCormick and more pick their dream headliners, from a reunited Smiths and R.E.M. to Taylor Swift and Prince. Who would be yours?  Continue reading ➤   Your Sunday How tennis could add 10 years to your life Will Stoddart decided to pick up a racquet after hearing that playing tennis was associated with a 15 per cent lower risk of dying Of all the things you can do in midlife to live longer – eat better, sleep more, stress less – picking up a tennis racquet may be the most powerful. A recent study linked the sport to a 15 per cent lower risk of dying, the strongest results for a single form of exercise, including jogging or going to the gym. Here’s why. Continue reading ➤ Here is another article that I hope you’ll find helpful this morning: The summer sales are under way, but there is a fine line between clever purchases and impulse buys. Here is our stylist’s guide.   Devil’s Advocate Shall I tell you what’s really disruptive to learning? Heat stroke Alexandra Jones   My child attends a very well-maintained nursery in east London. They have air conditioning in every room and a vast garden shaded by plenty of trees. It’s basically impossible to get into – thanks, if rumours among the neighbourhood nannies are to be believed, to extremely stringent DEI policies. I digress, I have absolute faith that it’s the best place for her if the mercury rises. Not least because our ex-council mid-terrace is insulated to the point of suffocation. Despite that, if the only other option were to send her to the kind of grotty establishment I myself attended as a child and teenager, where half the lessons were conducted in portacabins known to reach 43C at even the barest sniff of a sunny interval, you bet I’d be keeping her at home. Common sense dictates that if it’s hot enough for the pavements to melt, it’s too hot for a child to sit in a poorly ventilated prefab box doing phonics. Shall I tell you what’s really disruptive to learning? Heat stroke. “What about work?” a colleague asked this morning when I let my feelings be known. Well, that seems like a problem for them – my biggest responsibility is to my child. The fact is, we seem to be on the receiving end of a heating climate, a not unwelcome position to be in, if we’re honest with ourselves. However, that doesn’t mean that we have the infrastructure to handle it. People are quick to point to other parts of the world where they go about their lives even in furnace conditions, but that’s because they’ve adjusted. If the next few summers do indeed bring the sort of temperatures that climate doomers have predicted, then it’d be sensible to follow the example of those hotter economies: air con where possible, daily siesta everywhere else, no outdoor work and schools that follow hot weather timetables.   One great life Jim Sewell, ‘supercop’ who caught dozens of villains as head of the Murder Squad and the Flying Squad Jim Sewell, right, being presented with an award from the FBI at the US embassy: he was the most widely travelled British policeman of his day Jim Sewell, who has died aged 94, was nicknamed “Supercop” by the press on account of his remarkable clear-up rate, writes Andrew M Brown, our Obituaries Editor. He rose to near the top of the Metropolitan Police, but his golden years were the 1970s, when he ran the Murder Squad and then the Flying Squad. Creative in his approach, when chasing villains who had battered a petrol station attendant to death, he once borrowed 200 pupils from a nearby prep school to comb the countryside for a stolen cash register. Sewell as deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, c 1983 Another especially callous case was the shotgun killing of a bank cashier, since the young woman had already complied with the thief’s demand to hand over the money. When crime writer PD James interviewed Sewell, she described the contents of his “murder bag”: as well as handcuffs and a tape recorder, it included more gruesome items such as “sample bottles for stomach contents” and an “instrument for the extraction of teeth from the corpse”. In 1981, Sewell led the crowd-security operation at Charles and Diana’s wedding. The day was gloriously crime-free: “Thieves have to have holidays too,” Sewell enthused. Read Jim Sewell’s full obituary here ➤   On this day 1846 | The saxophone is patented by Antoine-Joseph Sax 1914 | Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, setting off a chain of events that lead to the First World War 1919 | Treaty of Versailles is signed in France, ending the First World War 1982 | Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales announce the name of their first born: William (and our front page coverage the following day) Birthdays: Elon Musk (55), Kathy Bates (78), Mel Brooks (100)   Puzzles Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including The 1% Club, Cogs, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.   Yesterday’s Panagram was FLEDGLING. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.   Thank you for reading. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor P.S. Please share your thoughts on the newsletter at fromtheeditor@telegraph.co.uk. 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Saturday, 27 June 2026 Issue No. 489

Good morning. Jeffrey Epstein used a fake charity office to abuse women while in jail for a child sex offence, it is alleged. The Telegraph has obtained photographs taken inside the office, showing the cushy conditions he was granted while serving an already lenient sentence. Poppy Wood, our US Correspondent, has the story. Elsewhere, Lord Case, the former cabinet secretary, has told Gordon Rayner that Andy Burnham must call an early general election, or risk going the way of the past five prime ministers. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. We’re giving you a year of The Telegraph for £1.99 per month. Hurry, this email-exclusive offer must end soon. If you’re already a subscriber make sure you’re logged in to read today’s stories.   In today’s edition How sticking-plaster Britain lost the art of getting stuff done — The definitive summer etiquette guide — Plus, the best and worst degrees for earning a high salary

Ends soon: A year for £1.99 per month Stay ahead of every crucial update as Burnham closes in on No 10 Subscribe now   Epstein used fake office to abuse women while on day release Poppy Wood US Correspondent   Jeffrey Epstein believed he was above the law. Pictures obtained by The Telegraph of the comfortable office that the sex offender frequented while he was supposed to be in prison show that, in many ways, he was. We have raked through more than 1,000 documents related to the Florida Science Foundation, a bogus charity Epstein set up to secure a place on a generous work release scheme while he was in jail. Photographs obtained from inside the office lift the lid on the real-world luxuries Epstein had access to while serving an 18-month jail sentence for a child sex offence from June 2008. One woman claimed that she was raped by Epstein on the red futon while he was on ‘work release’ from jail These show he was treated to a flat-screen TV, a DVD player, Mac computers and stacks of books in the fake company headquarters where he spent up to 16 hours a day. It will place fresh scrutiny on the lenient work release scheme Epstein was granted access to while in prison, including over the extent to which authorities turned a blind eye to his activities. A work release report from July 11 2009 records a female visitor meeting with Epstein Victims of Epstein have also alleged in recent weeks that they were abused at the rented offices while the sex offender was supposed to be working. That will pose serious questions for the high-profile associates who interacted with him during his time there. The Telegraph revealed on Friday that these include Sarah Ferguson and Lord Mandelson. This exclusive report is available only to subscribers. Read the full story ➤ Sarah Ferguson visited Epstein twice while he was in prison ➤   Opinion Camilla Tominey Kemi doesn’t need any lectures from the Left on civility Outrage over the Tory leader’s attack on Labour figures at PMQs was performative – much worse has come from the other side Continue reading ➤     Tom Harris Starmer’s parting gift is to undermine his most effective minister Continue reading ➤     Sophia Money-Coutts Prince George needs the best education possible – and Eton can provide Continue reading ➤     To make sure you don’t miss our newsletters when they land in your inbox, click here. In other news Burnham must call early election, says Lord Case Trump threatens Britain with 100pc tariffs over tech tax US launches strikes in Iran for first time since peace agreement Meghan to visit hospital in first UK engagement in six years Green Party told to hand back ‘unlawful’ Polanski donation World cup diary Dembele silences critics with stunning hat-trick to sink Norway Ousmane Dembélé celebrates scoring a hat-trick John Percy Football Reporter   An exciting subplot at this year’s World Cup offers the prospect of a new Golden Boot record after 68 years. After Ousmane Dembélé took his tally to four against Norway, he joined the hunt for this year – with Lionel Messi already on five goals, and Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Erling Haaland also on four. Could Just Fontaine’s long-standing record finally fall? Fontaine scored 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup for France and has been unchallenged ever since. Read the full match report here ➤ Cape Verde make history as they reach knockouts ➤ Thomas Tuchel: England fear no one at World Cup ➤   weekend reads How sticking-plaster Britain lost the art of getting stuff done At three points in the past century, this nation boasted serious governments that genuinely cared about long-term solutions to its problems: the interwar years, the Attlee government, and the Thatcher era. Simon Heffer asks why we no longer produce politicians with the same vision and strength of purpose. For subscribers only ➤   Boris Becker is rebuilding his life after everything came crashing down Boris Becker: I have lost 95 per cent of my friends Boris Becker has had to rebuild his life from scratch in the years since his release from prison, writes Oliver Brown, our Chief Sports Writer. I spoke to him about finding happiness again in Milan, where he lives with his third wife, Lilian, and their seven-month-old daughter, Zoe, and his desperation to overturn his deportation order so that he can attend Wimbledon again. The extent of his ordeal is laid bare when he says: “I would say that 90 per cent of my former circle is gone. Probably even 95 per cent.” Continue reading ➤   The definitive summer etiquette guide It’s possible you didn’t notice it this week, focused as you were on simply trying not to melt, but a cruel twist of summer in Britain is that when the mercury rises, a fresh wave of social mores rolls in, writes Guy Kelly. Dinners in the garden? Speakers in the park? Ironing your linens? It’s a minefield, and if you slip up, you might as well hibernate until Bonfire Night. Fortunately, we’ve sorted out a guide for you. Continue reading ➤   Helen Slater says her mother sewed the cape and skirt that she used to audition for the 1984 film Helen Slater: I auditioned for Supergirl in a homemade cape – and beat Demi Moore In 1984, 18-year-old Helen Slater was plucked from obscurity and given the role of a lifetime, playing a famous comic-book character opposite the likes of Faye Dunaway and Peter O’Toole. As Milly Alcock’s fresh take on the superhero hits cinemas, the original Supergirl recalls what went wrong. Continue reading ➤   Your Saturday The best and worst degrees for earning a high salary Deciding to go to university is one of the most consequential financial decisions of a young person’s life. As tuition fees rise and student debt snowballs, the question of whether a degree course is worth it has never been more pertinent. Our updated interactive tool shows you which degree at each university will earn you the highest and lowest salary after one and five years.  Continue reading ➤ Here are two more articles that I hope you’ll find helpful this morning: One might assume that premium products boast nutritional advantages, but some cheaper supermarket staples are just as good. Here’s where to spend and save. If you’re looking to sidestep the continental heat, Simon Calder and Greg Dickinson recommend a “cool-cation”. Listen to their podcast to find out more.   Food for thought Do you have plans for this weekend? Whether you’re staying in or going out, we’ve got you covered. Every week, Diana Henry, The Telegraph’s award-winning cookery writer, brings you three dishes for a perfect weekend meal. Meanwhile, William Sitwell shares his view from the culinary world – and a recommendation or two. If you’re staying in... Chilled Thai-inspired pea soup with crab and radishes Diana Henry Food writer   I do not fare well in the heat. Wherever I am, I have to have a fan with me, so I drag my old Cinni fan around looking like a broken Italian woman of a certain age. It was a good buy as it’s been on the go for more than 30 years. Thank God it’s cooling, though a respectable temperature for me is 24 degrees. I know some people don cardigans when it slips below 30, but I am still eating in the garden and sticking to salads and cold soups. This Thai-scented pea soup with crab and radishes is gorgeous and cools you from the inside. I just use a tub of crabmeat for this – the Seafood & Eat It brand – but you can also use diced raw tuna or trout. Make enough to keep in the fridge for a couple of days. Tomatoes and radishes with buttermilk and dill I had this tomato and radish salad with buttermilk and dill in a restaurant in Saaremaa – an island off the coast of Estonia – a while back. Buttermilk and dill are immediately cooling and this is very easy to make. Have some dark rye bread along with this if you can find any. Want to amp up your protein? Add boiled eggs. Delicious. You will think I’m mad when you read the ingredients and the steps for this salad – too many, I hear you cry – but if you’re having friends over, a tomato salad isn’t going to cut it. This chipotle chicken salad with black beans, roast tomatoes and avocado has layers, contrasting flavours and contrasting textures. Be assertive with the dressing. I’d make the components in the morning – those that can be done ahead – and then assemble them in the evening. If you can’t face roasting the tomatoes, use raw ones instead, small and intensely flavoured. It’s a big, bold and intensely satisfying salad. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t want to eat this on a cooling Saturday night in the garden. Get the beers in. They will provide solace if it rains and you have to dive for cover. Chipotle chicken salad with black beans, roast tomatoes and sweetcorn Find me here every Saturday and in the new Recipes newsletter, which you can sign up to here. If you’re eating out, try not to ruffle any feathers. In William Sitwell’s column this week, he delves into the subject of theft. William Sitwell with his dwindling wine glass collection William Sitwell   It is, as I write in my regular column on this critic’s mad venture into hospitality, another week and another peeling of a layer of my unworldly naivety. This time it’s theft. I mean, it wouldn’t happen to me, surely, not to my dinky little Somerset establishment The White Hart? I’m not talking a full-on raid, instead the drip-drip of petty thievery, in particular the pinching of dozens of my gloriously elitist, fabulously expensive, fundamentally necessary Richard Brendon wine glasses. I started with 70, now we’re at around 35. Sam the barman says he hasn’t smashed all of them, so we’re left knowing simply this: the mad, bad British guest isn’t just mean, haughty and judgmental. They’re dirty rotten thieves! Read William’s full column ➤   Your say Great British gardens While Orlando Bird, our loyal reader correspondent, is away, Joe Burgis is on hand to share an off-piste topic that has brought out the best of your opinions and stories. Joe writes... Sitting in my garden is an interesting olfactory experience: the jasmine vines that grow on the fences produce a powerful and lovely scent, which blends with the aromatic odour that wafts over from the nearby Indian takeaway. Perhaps not to everyone’s taste, but it works for me.   According to David Simkins, I’m lucky that my jasmine smells at all: “Agnieszka Butter’s article on steps to help avoid dementia recommends ‘smelling the flowers’. This is not easy to do because, sadly, very few flowers have any scent or fragrance nowadays. Why is this?”   David Hughes agreed: “We ran a family florist for many years, and I remember well the heady fragrance of narcissi and other flowers filling my van as I drove home from the market. “Freesias would often scent our shop. As to why they don’t smell any longer, could it be that cut flowers are bred to last longer, which means that they have less fragrance?”   Ramesh Nayak elaborated: “Flowers have less scent now because commercial growers breed them for physical durability, colour and extended vase life, rather than fragrance. “Environmental stresses such as air pollution and climate change also disrupt scent production, and cause scents to dissipate faster.”   However, for the aptly named Peter Rosie, there is no shortage of scents: “Could David Simkins possibly be suffering from anosmia? “My garden is an orgy of fragrance, with beautiful roses, lavender, night-scented nicotania, daphne and my glorious jasmine hedge. And, of course, my annual sweetpeas always smell wonderful.” That’s all from me for this week, folks. I’ll be back on Monday to bring you the best Telegraph talking points. In the meantime, you can contact me here.   Andrew Baker’s Saturday quiz Have you been paying attention to our newsletter this week? If you have, you’ll find this quiz a breeze. 1. According to Orlando Bird, our Letters Editor, which is “the most Telegraph town in Britain”? 2. What relation was the “thrilling” French emperor Napoleon III to his predecessor Napoleon Bonaparte? 3. New MP Lara Bird took the oath of allegiance “only so that I can serve the people of” where? 4. Who won the longest tournament match in tennis history, lasting 11hr 5 min and played at Wimbledon on June 22, 23 and 24, 2010? 5. What was the English inventor Samuel Rowbotham trying to prove by planting flags in the Old Bedford River in 1838? Plus, can you tackle The 1% Club? Scroll down to see if you got the questions right – and play for free on our website and app.   On this day 2007 | Gordon Brown becomes prime minister (and our front page coverage from the following day is below) 2008 | Bill Gates steps down as chairman of Microsoft 2024 | First US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden Birthdays: Tobey Maguire (51), Jo Frost (56), Vera Wang (77)   Puzzles Find as many words as you can in today’s Panagram, including the nine-letter solution. Visit Telegraph Puzzles to play a range of head-scratching games, including The 1% Club, Cogs, and Quick, Mini or Cryptic Crosswords.   Yesterday’s Panagram was OLFACTORY. Come back tomorrow for the solution to today’s puzzle.   Thank you for reading. Have a fulfilling day and I hope to see you tomorrow. Chris Evans, Editor P.S. Please send me your thoughts on this newsletter. You can email me at fromtheeditor@telegraph.co.uk. Quiz answers: Sherborne Nephew Arbroath and Broughty Ferry John Isner That the Earth is flat   1% Club answers: Friday 8 Sentence   Ends soon: A year for £1.99 per month Stay ahead of every crucial update as Burnham closes in on No 10 Subscribe now

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