76 m. ago Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing criminal cases, says Tice

It comes after Lucy Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor Ray Connolly, was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred.

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3 h. ago NSPCC reveals record level of calls concerning children exposed to domestic abuse

The charity said it is the highest total since their records began

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7 h. ago Domestic abuse thug who said he was like killer Raoul Moat to terrify his partner is jailed for two years and four months

Eric Drinkald, 41, (pictured) and the woman split after he hit her with a hoover attachment, curtain pole and his fists before he then bombarded her with calls and texts during a campaign of stalking.

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15 h. ago NSPCC reveals record level of calls about children at risk of domestic abuse

Around a third of child welfare contacts about domestic abuse ended in a referral to authorities such as police and children’s social services.

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18 h. ago Quarter of women fleeing abuse unable to secure suitable refuge vacancy, new report finds

The Independent launched its Brick by Brick campaign in response to the national shortage of refuge spaces

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34 h. ago Single dad who was victim of domestic abuse faces losing daughter to foster care 'threat'

The dad claims social workers want to take his daughter away from a 'loving, nurturing home' and place her in foster care.

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44 h. ago Johnny Depp slams those who 'did him dirty' as he opens up on Amber Heard trial

Johnny Depp has hit out at the people who "did [him] dirty" amid his legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard, in which he was accused of domestic abuse

Politics

68 h. ago SPFL chief insists Scots football yobs must feel 'full force of the law' after Sinisalo perpetrator served justice

Andrew Watt was jailed for eight months and banned from grounds for six-and-a-half years on Friday for launching a Buckfast bottle at Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Simisalo last month

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3 d. ago Evil GP Thomas Kwan who dressed as nurse to kill mum's partner cut off by family

Once-respected GP Thomas Kwan was jailed for 31 years and five months in November after admitting attempted murder, he is unable to apply for parole for 20 years.

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3 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil gets incredible news three months after ICE threw Columbia activist in jail

Mahmoud Khalil was given great news on Friday, three months after the former Columbia student turned activist was taken into ICE custody.

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3 d. ago Judge orders Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil released after more than three months in ICE jail

The case is at the center of the Trump administration’s attempts to combat dissent against Israel’s war on Gaza on campuses

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4 d. ago Legalising assisted dying means 'people will lose their lives who do not need to', MPs are warned ahead of crunch vote TODAY

Opponents to a change in the law on suicide said that vulnerable people including domestic abuse victims, the disabled and anorexics could all be at risk if doctors are allowed to help them to die.

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5 d. ago Domestic abuse victims and care leavers given social housing help under rules change

Deputy PM Angela Rayner said vulnerable groups must not face 'unfair barriers' to social housing as she confirmed plans to scrap the need for local links from next month

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5 d. ago Assisted dying law could result in hundreds of domestic abuse victims being coerced into taking their own lives, MPs warned

The Other Half warned that victims of such abuse are already at a higher risk of taking their own lives and the situation could be exacerbated by the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

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6 d. ago Holloway review – brave women go back to prison to unlock their stories

In this powerful documentary, six former inmates revisit their old cells to reflect on the childhood trauma and domestic abuse that led them to prisonYou can be told the statistics: 30% of women in prison spent time in care as children, and 70% have been the victim of domestic abuse. But what this powerful documentary from Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson (the latter of whom is the director of just-released film Lollipop) does is to demonstrate the cruelty and injustice of a system that incarcerates the vulnerable.Shot in 2021, it follows six women returning to HMP Holloway in London before demolition began a year later. In the first scenes, they walk back into the prison, some into their old cells. The building is abandoned, ivy creeps up through the floorboards, but it’s still Holloway: “Fuck, I remember this smell,” says one. During a week-long workshop the women – brave and unfailingly articulate – share their stories. All of them experienced trauma in childhood, most masked ...

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6 d. ago Austerity has hit the UK’s ability to tackle violence against women, European watchdog warns

The Council of Europe has said there is an ‘urgent need’ for more places in women’s shelters and warned cost-cutting measures have left vital services ‘underfunded and understaffed’

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6 d. ago Paedo sent intimate photo of himself to undercover cop pretending to be 13

Barry Stevenson, 28, was jailed for 15 months at Airdrie Sheriff Court and told he will be under supervision for two years when he is released.

Culture

7 d. ago I was trapped in an abusive relationship at 16, now I’m demanding schools protect teenagers better

Faustine Petron’s Make It Mandatory campaign has received support from MPs, charities and over 100,000 signatures

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7 d. ago New London tower block 'UK first' is being built for women only

Brook House has offered housing in Acton, west London, for more than 90 years but a fresh rebuild has created 102 'genuinely affordable' social rented flats in the block.

Politics

7 d. ago Chelsee Healey supports dad of baby daughter as he faces jail for drug

Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey watched from the public gallery at Manchester Crown Court as the father of her 15-month-old daughter, Eddie Raindford, faced jail

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