thai women are sold a dream online. the message is marry a foreign men and you will have a good life. many couples of course remain happy, but the dark reality of others isn't talked about in my community. in this isolated part of england, the body of a thai woman was found. 20 years on, herfamily is still seeking answers and justice.

she died not long after i moved to the uk. her death has always haunted me. why didn't her british husband report her missing? i tracked him down to question him. mr armitage! yeah? did you kill your wife? mr armitage. .. i replied to your email, 0k? this is the first time buathong is visiting the place

where her cousin was found. in 2004, walkers came across her half—naked body here in this remote place. it was buathong who recognised a police drawing of her in a bbc story, finally identifying the body as 36—year—old lamduan armitage seekany. for 15 years, she was just known as the lady of the hills.

no—one in the uk had reported her missing. at first, police didn't believe her death was suspicious. it wasn't until 2016, more than a decade after she was found, that the case was reopened after a police review. they now believed she was killed. the lack of any form of identification, with a body taken away from the local habitation would suggest that somebody is trying to hide her, to conceal the fact that she's dead, at least for a while. in a quest for answers, i have come back to the village

where lamduan grew up in rural north—east thailand to meet her family.

that foreign boyfriend was a british man, david armitage. they went on to marry and move to the uk together in 1991.

she reported her daughter missing to the local authorities. joomsri even travelled to bangkok asking for help from the foreign office. it was years before she learned she was dead.

joomsri says david told her grandchildren their mother had remarried and gone home, and that, years later, her grandson turned up asking for his mother. david armitage has always denied any involvement in the death of his wife. he's now living back in thailand and in 2019, when asked, he said, "i didn't kill my wife. absolutely not." the thai department of special investigation are now working with the uk police on the case.

in february this year, uk police travelled for the first time to thailand to investigate the case, and together with the thai authorities, interviewed lamduan�*s parents. the team also requested an interview with her husband, david armitage, as a witness. they also wanted him to do a dna test, but he refused to meet them, saying he was unwell.

here, in lamduan�*s region, there are many thai women married to foreigners.

at the hotel i'm staying at, i met malinee and dirk faude, her german husband. they chat cheerfully she take — care of me very good. if i want massage, she do that. with her hands. if my fingernails too long, she cut them. i i don't have to ask. she come to me and say, "hey, your fingernails are long, - i have to cut." german never do. my german ex—wife never do, for example, like that. -

i tell malinee that i'm here to investigate what happened to lamduan. 0n thai social media, there are lots of videos telling you to try your luck and try and get a foreign husband. in some videos, the presenter gives tips to women in rural areas.

they pray 75% of the thai community in the uk is female. it's one of the most unequal gender ratios in a migrant group. the thai women network was set up seven years ago. it is a support group that aims to educate women about their rights. on average, every week, they receive a new call for help.

this woman was helped by the network. we are calling her nok. so naive. but after moving to the uk, she says her husband became abusive. two months after arriving, she told him she wanted to go home.

when we contacted the police involved, they said they questioned nok and her husband and... they added that... one day when he was out, she packed her bags and headed to the airport with her child.

nok�*s child now lives with her ex—husband. she sees them a few times a month. the system's failed these women and i think that's quite alarming in itself. criminologist angela wilcock researches the lives of thai women in the uk. and i've been quite alarmed by the isolation for the women that i have spoken to. they feel they may be deported. they understand their role — their husband's partner sends money back to thailand for their families, and that would be cut off. that is a key issue in terms of coercive controlling behaviour. they need to have an understanding of their rights when they come, that they're not predominantly under the control of their husband. dao met her british husband online. she was 28 when they started talking.

but when they moved to the uk, her husband changed. she sobs when their child was just six months old, dao reached her lowest point.

dao tried to leave many times. she went back after her husband promised to change, but she says he never did. with help from friends and several organisations, she finally left him. the uk government told us they are committed

to supporting all victims of domestic abuse, regardless of their immigration status. the thai embassy did not respond to our interview requests. man prays what lamduan�*s mother wants is for her daughter's body to be brought home to rest.

but authorities say her husband david hasn't given his approval for his wife's body to be returned.

i have so many questions for mr armitage, and i have been calling him and writing to him but he hasn't responded. so i have come to the university where he works, i'm here to meet him after class. mr armitage? yeah. i'm from the bbc. did you receive my letter? i'm still reviewing it, actually _ yeah? yeah. we would like to talk to you about the death of your wife. yeah, 0k. — can we talk about it, please? not at the moment. i'll get back to you. i can we talk about it at your place, please?

no, i can't. sorry. - ijust wanted to know — why didn't you report her missing to the police? i'll reply to your email, 0k? 0k — have you ever looked for her, sir? why didn't you talk to the uk police when they were here to investigate about the death, sir? mr armitage? yeah? did you kill your wife? mr armitage? i'll reply to your email. thank you _ but why didn't you have her remains sent back home? what did you tell the children about their mum? excuse me. - obstruction there. 0k. - thank you. so now i'm going to wait and see if he can answer my letter. we did not receive any response. the uk police force on the case told us in a statement that...

they also said that... ..to her parents. for now, it's buathong that visits her cousin's unnamed grave every year.

hello there. we've got more heavy rain, more strong winds as we head into thursday, all due, of course, to storm ciaran. that's been tracking its way right the way across the atlantic, heading over the southwest of england. now, it will move eastwards towards east anglia. it will bring more heavy rain and given how wet it's been in october, that could lead to some flooding. the winds also could potentially be dangerous and hazardous,

bringing some disruption. this is where we've got the amber wind warnings from the met office. the winds already picking up in the southwest, those stronger winds will transfer through the english channel to affect coastal areas in the southeast of england. the winds are likely to be even stronger for a while in the channel islands — gusts of over 90mph, already had gusts of 100mph along the coast of brittany. so, some really strong winds across the far south of the uk. could be quite windy in other areas, and around the storm, around that low pressure, we've got these showers of longer spells of rain. as the wind picks up in scotland, it will get wetter here. we may miss the worst of the wet weather in northern ireland. temperature—wise, well, of course, nothing to write home about — a cool 10—12 degrees. but at least during the afternoon, the winds in the southwest will start to ease, and that's because the storm is going to be tracking away, and at the same time, it will be weakening. so, as we get into friday, the area of low pressure, what was the storm, is going to be sitting out in the north sea.

so, it's not going to be as windy on friday, it's not going to be as wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12 or 13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half of the uk and then we're all in the same boat on sunday — sunshine and showers and not as windy.

live from washington, this is bbc news. a long—awaited escape route has opened from gaza to egypt — hundreds are able to leave, millions more remain behind. us president biden credits intense and urgent diplomacy for opening the crossing. us citizens are among the 335 foreign nationals to pass through. and there have been flashes in gaza city overnight, as israel continues its strikes on the territory.

welcome to our show. a key crossing out of gaza is now partially open for civilians for the first time in more than three weeks. the rafah crossing between gaza and egypt had only allowed a limited number of humanitarian aid trucks bringing supplies into the area. more than 400 people have been allowed to leave through the crossing. palestinian officials say that 335 of them are foreign passport holders, and another 76 are injured gazans who were taken to hospitals across the border. the international humanitarian