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 e—mail, 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 believe 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 moved 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. 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.

on 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. 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.

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.

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 mrarmitage, 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, ok. can we talk about it, please? not at the moment. i'll get back to you.

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, ok? 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.

boxing day was a decently up and down the country. a lot more sunshine. albeit on the chilly side. a photograph shows the blue skies overhead. things could look very different on

wednesday across probe and kinross as storm garrett moves in. we will be widespread wind and gales, heavy rain and significant snow over the hills of scotland. you can see the storm moving in on wednesday, lots of isobars on the charge. active weather fronts bringing widespread heavy rain. have some concerns on this level amount across the hills of scotland. only 200 metres and above. modest hills could see around 10—15 centimetres more in a few places. elsewhere, very windy. sporadic rain spreading northward and eastward. rising up a little bit late in the day. the wind really a feature wherever you are. certainly around the coast of the english channel. severe gales likely across northeast scotland and northern ireland later. across much of scotland, single figure values. doublethink values further south. wednesday storm garrett

moves away but slightly low pressure holding onto bring us another blustery day on thursday. we could see gales around some irish seacoast, plenty of showers rattling in from the west, some heavy, bit of sunshine in between but wintering is over the hills of scotland where we see temperatures in single digits. both wednesday and thursday likely to see travel disruption from a mixture of rain, snow and gales. a plethora of yellow warnings in force. head online or check out the bbc weather app to see the details for those. friday, still low pressure. subtle changes. another blustery day to come with bands of showers in places, sunshine as well for the cold air moving south. chilly day on friday and showers and wintry elements over the northern hills. just about double figures towards the south and southeast. as we

head into the weekend, in the run—up to the years, another area of low pressure likely to move in for saturday. we could see another spell of disruptive snowfall across northern hills. maybe down to lower levels. wet and windy day to come. saturday is looking pretty wild at this point. temperatures in single digits across the board. beyond, as we head towards the year period and early part of january, although some brief which is a high—pressure, low pressure systems phone to bring more spells of wet and windy weather with davis cup wintry ness. as i think we will stay on the koorda side. you can see that here on the ms chart. generally in the blue colours. at times may try to see mild air nudge into southern areas for the colder air will tend to win out for the outlook period. a colder field are things in the run—up to the new year and

beyond. across northern areas with wintering is to some of the showers. you can see from the showers. you can see from theiconsit the showers. you can see from the icons it is going to remain unsettled for all areas. take care.

live from washington. this is bbc news. russia confirms one of its warships is damaged in a ukrainian missile attack on a black sea port. the palestinian president gives his first public interview since the war in gaza began and says the situation is beyond catastrophic. and with approval from turkey's parliament, sweden inches closer in its bid tojoin nato.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we are getting news from ukraine that one person has been killed and four injured in a russian attack on a railway station in the south of the country are coming after russia confirmed that one of its warships was damaged in a ukrainian attack on a black seaport on tuesday morning. the novocherkassk was hit during an attack on the port of feodosiya in russian—occupied crimea. local officials say at least one person was killed. ukraine said the ship was destroyed. president zelensky wrote on telegram: �*the occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in ukraine'. our correspondentjames waterhouse has more from kyiv. for ukraine, this was a high—value target. explosion. the novocherkassk landing ship struck by a guided missile. the blast was colossal. moscow claims it was only damaged. kyiv says destroyed.