Search results for ‘Domestic violence’
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Violence against women and girls as big a threat as terrorism warn police
Violence against women and girls is a ‘national emergency’ that’s as big a threat as terrorism police have warned.
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Essex police try to disrupt abusers amid ‘national emergency’ of violence against women and girls
Essex Police gave us exclusive access to its Domestic Abuse Problem Solving Team, which is trying something very different.
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Meet the domestic abuse survivors using boxing to try to rebuild their lives
Lesley Sackey is a former gold-medal winning boxer. She’s also a survivor of domestic abuse.
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Domestic abuse: Could the system have done more to protect this woman?
“We are not doing enough to protect the 2 million victims of domestic violence across the UK”. A stark admission from the most senior police lead on domestic abuse.
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‘We’d like more powers to help victims change their identities’ says founder of domestic abuse charity
We speak to Charlotte Kneer, the founder of the charity ‘I Choose Freedom’ providing refuge for those fleeing domestic abuse.
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FactCheck: thousands of domestic abuse police records mention pregnancy and miscarriage
Over 24,000 such cases reached the attention of police in a single year, our analysis suggests.
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Urgent need to act on domestic abuse and suicide link
The government must act on the link between domestic abuse and suicide by urgently establishing a national database of every woman who takes their own life after suffering abuse, bereaved relatives and campaigners have demanded.
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FactCheck: Patel’s incorrect claim about cash to tackle violence against women
The Home Secretary said she’d tripled funding compared to “any other two-year period”.
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FactCheck: Starmer’s claim about domestic abuse rates
Police records aren’t the best way to measure this change.
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Police should give violence against women same priority as terrorism, says watchdog
The report by Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services says there is an epidemic of violence against women and girls, yet a “staggering” variation in how cases are handled by police forces across the country.
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More than 100 women accuse police officers of domestic abuse, alleging ‘boys club’ culture
One woman every week is coming forward to report their partner in the police is seriously abusing them or their children – more than 125 have come forward in the last two years, Channel 4 News can reveal. Every woman we spoke to said police failed to investigate their own.
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The Domestic Abuse Act, a bittersweet victory for women?
At the end of April, the Domestic Abuse Act was signed into law closing loopholes around rough sex claims that favoured defendants in court and strengthening the laws on revenge porn.
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‘My mum would still be alive if that domestic abuse register was here’
A year after it was first introduced, the landmark violence against women and girls bill is back in the House of Commons, where the government has accepted the majority of suggestions made by the Lords.
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Violence on the doorstep: the mothers fighting for a safe home
Jackie Long asks whether families caught up in criminal exploitation should be given the same priority as victims of domestic violence when it comes to providing safe accommodation.
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Scotland to transform the way it tackles domestic abuse
Police dealing with domestic abuse have traditionally focused on evidence of physical violence. But Scotland’s new Domestic Abuse Act, which comes into force on Monday, will transform the way cases are handled. It includes a new offence of coercive and controlling behaviour – abusive relationships where one partner dominates and controls the other. But how…