TRAILER: In this episode of Survivor Stories, host Emma Kay is joined by Natasha Saunders - keynote speaker and a leading voice on domestic abuse and trauma-informed leadership. Known to her police colleagues as "Trouble," Natasha has personally trained over 21,000 officers, including at the Metropolitan Police, and sits on independent advisory groups shaping how UK forces respond to domestic abuse.

Natasha shares her own story in full: entering a relationship at 17 with a man in his 30s, and the years of isolation, coercive control and escalating abuse that followed - through the birth of her children and constant fear for her life and theirs. She speaks candidly about the moment she finally left, the three-year journey to trial, and the conviction that followed, then what came after: rebuilding her life, working with Refuge, and campaigning for change that helped close a gap in the law around threats to share intimate images.

Throughout, Natasha and Emma discuss coercive control, why survivors stay, the pressures on police officers, and how humour, animals and loyal friends have helped Natasha heal. Her message: survive, rise, thrive - and we do it together.

Content warning: This episode contains detailed, first-hand accounts of domestic abuse, coercive control, sexual violence and rape, and references to violence towards children and animals. Listener discretion is strongly advised - please prioritise your wellbeing and pause or come back when you're ready.

In this episode, Emma sits down with Figen Murray OBE - multi-award-winning motivational speaker, psychotherapist and campaigner - whose life changed forever when she lost her son Martyn in the Manchester Arena terror attack.

With no background in politics, security or lobbying, Figen set out to close a critical gap in UK law: the absence of legal requirements for basic security in public venues. What she believed would be a six-month campaign became a seven-year journey through five prime ministers, government departments and a global pandemic - including a 200-mile, 16-day protest walk to Downing Street. That journey led to the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 receiving Royal Assent, now widely known as Martyn's Law.

In this conversation, Figen speaks candidly about campaigning as "Martyn's mum," the personal cost of public life, the online abuse she faced, and why she made the decision - just three and a half weeks after Martyn's death - to publicly forgive his killer. She also shares who Martyn really was: his humour, his love of Coronation Street, and the memorials she's created in his memory. Along the way, she reflects on grief, resilience, and what still needs to happen before Martyn's Law is fully implemented.

Content Warning: This episode includes first-hand accounts of a terrorist attack, bereavement and grief. Listener discretion is strongly advised - please prioritise your wellbeing and pause or come back when you're ready.

Welcome to Episode 1 of Survivor Stories, hosted by Emma Kay, Founder of WalkSafe. In this first episode, Emma is joined by Nour Norris OBE - psychotherapist and creator of Raneem's Law.

In 2018, Nour's sister Khaola and niece Raneem were stabbed to death by Raneem's ex-partner, after Raneem had called 999 fourteen times to report threats to kill her - calls that police repeatedly failed to log, follow up or assess correctly.

Nour shares what came after: pursuing justice through the courts, then the years-long inquest that took 33 police officers to account and found that police failings materially contributed to Khaola and Raneem's deaths. Findings so serious the coroner issued the government two Prevention of Future Deaths notices, something she said she'd never had to do in 30 years. She speaks candidly about the point she nearly broke completely, and how that loss led her to retrain as a psychotherapist specialising in trauma and domestic abuse.

Nour and Emma also discuss Raneem's Law, which is putting specialist domestic abuse training into every 999 control room in the country, and the culture of victim-blaming Nour has spent nearly eight years campaigning to change - what it means to lead with love instead of anger, meeting the King, and her hope for a future free from fear.

Content warning: This episode contains detailed, first-hand accounts of domestic homicide, coercive control, institutional and police failure, and references to suicide. Listener discretion is strongly advised - please prioritise your wellbeing and pause or come back when you're ready.

TRAILER: Welcome to Episode 1 of Survivor Stories, hosted by Emma Kay, Founder of WalkSafe. In this first episode, Emma is joined by Nour Norris OBE - psychotherapist and creator of Raneem's Law.

In 2018, Nour's sister Khaola and niece Raneem were stabbed to death by Raneem's ex-partner, after Raneem had called 999 fourteen times to report threats to kill her - calls that police repeatedly failed to log, follow up or assess correctly.

Nour shares what came after: pursuing justice through the courts, then the years-long inquest that took 33 police officers to account and found that police failings materially contributed to Khaola and Raneem's deaths. Findings so serious the coroner issued the government two Prevention of Future Deaths notices, something she said she'd never had to do in 30 years. She speaks candidly about the point she nearly broke completely, and how that loss led her to retrain as a psychotherapist specialising in trauma and domestic abuse.

Nour and Emma also discuss Raneem's Law, which is putting specialist domestic abuse training into every 999 control room in the country, and the culture of victim-blaming Nour has spent nearly eight years campaigning to change - what it means to lead with love instead of anger, meeting the King, and her hope for a future free from fear.

Content warning: This episode contains detailed, first-hand accounts of domestic homicide, coercive control, institutional and police failure, and references to suicide. Listener discretion is strongly advised - please prioritise your wellbeing and pause or come back when you're ready.

TRAILER: In this episode, Emma sits down with Figen Murray OBE - multi-award-winning motivational speaker, psychotherapist and campaigner - whose life changed forever when she lost her son Martyn in the Manchester Arena terror attack.

With no background in politics, security or lobbying, Figen set out to close a critical gap in UK law: the absence of legal requirements for basic security in public venues. What she believed would be a six-month campaign became a seven-year journey through five prime ministers, government departments and a global pandemic - including a 200-mile, 16-day protest walk to Downing Street. That journey led to the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 receiving Royal Assent, now widely known as Martyn's Law.

In this conversation, Figen speaks candidly about campaigning as "Martyn's mum," the personal cost of public life, the online abuse she faced, and why she made the decision - just three and a half weeks after Martyn's death - to publicly forgive his killer. She also shares who Martyn really was: his humour, his love of Coronation Street, and the memorials she's created in his memory. Along the way, she reflects on grief, resilience, and what still needs to happen before Martyn's Law is fully implemented.

Content Warning: This episode includes first-hand accounts of a terrorist attack, bereavement and grief. Listener discretion is strongly advised - please prioritise your wellbeing and pause or come back when you're ready.