4 h. ago ‘Hidden crisis’ of 40,000 women and girls going missing every year due to violence

Women open up about abuse that led to disappearance, after government VAWG strategy is silent on missing people, as The Independent hopes to launch national lifeline SafeCall

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17 h. ago Urgent search for missing teens, 14 & 15, as cops concerned for their welfare and urge ‘call 999’

COPS have launched an urgent search for a teenage girl and her friend. Chloe Kelly, 14, has gone missing from her home in Birkenhead and is believed to be with her friend, Nico, from Wigan.  Chloe and 15-year-old Nico, who is originally from Manchester were last seen at the home of one of Chloe's relatives...

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19 h. ago Urgent appeal over missing girl, 14, and boy, 15, last seen at 3am

Merseyside Police have launched an appeal for missing Birkenhead teenager Chloe Kelly, 14, and her friend Nico, 15 from Wigan

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39 h. ago BREAKING: Young girl and boy missing from Eastbourne as police urge ‘call 999 immediately’

Sussex Police have issued an appeal to help find missing Tahlia, 11, and Chae, 13, who were last seen in the Willingdon area of Eastbourne at 7am today

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39 h. ago Young girl and boy missing from Eastbourne as police urge ‘call 999 immediately’

Sussex Police have issued an appeal to help find missing Tahlia, 11, and Chae, 13, who were last seen in the Willingdon area of Eastbourne at 7am today

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3 d. ago Urgent search for teenage girl, 19, missing for 24 hours as cops ‘concerned for her welfare’

COPS have launched an urgent search for a teenage girl who has been missing for 24 hours. Courtney, aged 19, was last seen on December 16 at approximately 1.30pm in the High Green area of Sheffield. She is described as white, around 5ft 6ins tall, with blonde hair and of a slim build. It is...

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4 d. ago Playboy announces winner of 'Great Playmate Search' to find next Pamela Anderson

A staggering 17,000 women entered this new competition and more than 1.7 million votes were cast by over 200,000 fans in addition to a judging panel of Legacy Playmates that helped pick the winners

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4 d. ago School cancels classes after two middle school girls go missing during basketball game

Eva and Neillily were both seen leaving the Denver school at around 5 p.m Monday

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6 d. ago Police 'really concerned' for missing girl last seen four days ago

Caitlin was last seen in Burnley

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7 d. ago Alex Scott missing from I'm A Celebrity reunion after girlfriend Jess Glynne's 'life

The former Lioness rushed home from Australia to support her partner

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7 d. ago Cardiff girl missing as worried police say 'she may not be wearing shoes'

Jemimah Jones, 13, from Cardiff, was last seen in Tilbury, Essex, on Friday night - and police are now appealing for information after revealing the teenager 'may not be wearing shoes'

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7 d. ago Paedo who assaulted girl, 14, has three teeth knocked out in attack behind bars

Julien Dorin sexually assaulted a missing girl after encountering her late at night in Liverpool ONE. The pervert told the teenager 'I've got money, if you help me, I'll help you'

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9 d. ago Police chief constable will retire from her £150,000 job... and then return to it ONE DAY later to protect her pension

One of Britain's top women police officers will 'retire' from her £150,000-a-year job - before returning to it a day later to protect her pension.

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2 w. ago Missing Scottish schoolgirl, 13, prompts urgent police appeal

Urgent police appeal after 13 year-old girl goes missing

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2 w. ago 'Wish I could have my mum back': Freddy Brazier shares heartbreaking message about missing his late mother Jade Goody

Embattled Freddy Brazier has shared a heartbreaking message about his late mother Jade Goody and how he misses the star. 

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2 w. ago Urgent hunt for missing girl, 15, who vanished from her home in UK coastal town in broad daylight

COPS have launched a desperate search for a 15 year-old girl who vanished from her home. Hallie Ferguson went missing from home in Crosby, Merseyside, yesterday. Hallie was last seen on Bramhall Road at 3.50pm on December 3, according to Merseyside Police. She is described as a white female, 5ft 7in tall, of slim build...

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2 w. ago Pilot suicide exposes hidden mental health crisis in aviation

Pilots say they don’t speak up for fear of losing their licenses

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2 w. ago Monica Dolan: ‘What frightened me most was the children no one even noticed had gone missing’

The Bafta-winning actor says researching Rosemary West exposed the hidden crisis of children who vanish without anyone realising, as she talks to Tara Cobham about joining The Independent’s SafeCall appeal

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2 w. ago Government drafts in new violence against women and girls adviser amid fears it will miss its target

Exclusive: Labour MP Jess Asato has been drafted in to lead a major overhaul of the NHS’ response to violence against women and girls - just days after Refuge branded the chancellor’s Budget a ‘profound disappointment’ to survivors

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2 w. ago Serial killer's botched execution as horrified onlookers had to be escorted out

Jimmy Lee Gray murdered his girlfriend and a three-year-old girl before suffering a botched gas chamber execution in Mississippi so brutal it led the state to abolish the method

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