6 h. ago 'I was groomed at 14, raped and held captive for 10 years in abuser's house'

At the age of 14 Tanya Kach was groomed by a security guard at her school who held her captive for 10 years in his home and subjected her to horrific sexual abuse - she eventually escaped and now lives a very different life but is still haunted by her ordeal

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Soldiers captured by Russia in Mariupol among those released in prisoner swap

EU extends Russia sanctions but new package blocked by Slovakia. What we know on day 1,220Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Neither side said how many prisoners were released in the latest exchange. The majority had been held captive for more than three years, according to Ukraine’s coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war. Many of them were taken prisoner in Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city that fell to Russian forces in 2022 after a nearly three-month siege, it said. Russian officials said its soldiers had been transferred to Belarus and were receiving “psychological and medical care”.The EU’s 27 leaders on Thursday agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, resolving fears that Kremlin-friendly Hungary would let the measures lapse, officials said. The decision at a summit in Brussels means that the EU’s swe...

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2 w. ago A Houston woman called the cops to report domestic abuse. They then called ICE.

The mother-of-three says she was accosted by her ex in April, and reported the incident to the police, who then notified ICE of her immigration status

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2 w. ago Love Island fans go wild over new couples as they joke one Islander looks like he's 'being held captive' by partner following dramatic recoupling

The latest episode saw the group gathered around the famous firepit, with the girls given the choice of which boy they wanted to couple up.

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2 w. ago MP Natalie Fleet who fell pregnant at 15 after being groomed by an older man reveals the moment she realised she had been abused 25 years later

The politician, born in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, previously shared details of how she suffered 'statutory rape' after being 'groomed' by a much older man who lived in her area.

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3 w. ago Girl held captive for 72 hours and raped by men who lured her from Asda carpark

“The three defendants took a 12-year-old from the street, took full advantage of her, plying her with drugs and using her for their own horrendous gratification."

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3 w. ago First family fleeing abuse get keys to The Independent’s safe haven

Survivor of abuse handed keys to new safe house

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3 w. ago ‘He just told me lies to have sex with a teenage girl’: Natalie Fleet MP on grooming, statutory rape and fighting back

At 15, she began seeing an older man and conceived her beloved daughter. It was years before she properly understood it as abuse. Now she is working tirelessly in parliament for other survivorsNatalie Fleet is nervous about this interview. Her assistant has warned me and Fleet tells me several times, before and during. “I just feel sick,” she says. “I don’t know if it’s because it’s about me or because of the subject. It just doesn’t seem to get any easier.”The subject is rape – specifically Fleet’s experience of being groomed by an older man when she was 15, becoming pregnant and having the baby. That daughter, “the love of her life”, is now 24. Since entering parliament last summer as the Labour MP for Bolsover, Fleet has spoken a good deal about rape, her life story and the lack of support for mothers whose children were conceived this way – and each time it upsets her. “My husband said: ‘I don’t want you to be the “rapey MP”,’ and I don’t want that either,” says Fleet. “But it’s...

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3 w. ago JENNI MURRAY: Those paid to protect children must stop being scared of racism accusations and tell us what they know

When I encounter horror stories about the grooming gang scandal - and how the young rape victims were accused by police of being prostitutes - my blood boils.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Kim Woodburn's shove and harsh words to Aggie MacKenzie revealed: Truth about How Clean Is Your House fallout as TV star's 'deep pain' over abuse, violent husband and hateful mother revealed

Kim Woodburn didn't hold back. Her scouring judgments on just about everyone who dared cross her were caustic enough to strip the skin - 'verbal Vim', as one critic described them.

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3 w. ago Kim Woodburn's tragic early life before she found fame: How Clean Is Your House? star was abused by BOTH parents and buried her stillborn baby in a park

Kim Woodburn was never afraid to attract public controversy for her outspoken opinions. But, compared to the trauma of her childhood, such criticism was nothing.

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3 w. ago Groomers who abuse children will automatically face rape charges as Government scrambles to tighten laws to prevent older predators escaping punishment

The Home Secretary promised to tighten the law on rape yesterday to stop grooming gang cases being dropped or downgraded.

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3 w. ago Depraved sex attacker, 46, who held woman captive and tortured her for 10 hours using a blow torch is jailed

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Tommy Hitt, 46, in Wiltshire, was sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison at Winchester Crown Court for vile domestic violence and sexual offences.

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3 w. ago DAN HODGES: Starmer has known about the appalling abuse for a decade. Yet he opposed a national rape inquiry because he knew it would damage Labour

The Prime Minister had no need to wait for Baroness Casey's findings. He already knew the truth about the rape gangs. And now - to Sir Keir's eternal shame - so does the country...

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3 w. ago Grooming gangs scandal: Damning key findings from the Casey review

The Government has now ordered a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after the shocking findings

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4 w. ago Moment Asian Rochdale sex groomers turn on each other: Paedophiles who raped teenage girls nearly come to blows in police station as they blame each other

Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, came close to trading blows as they blamed each other for being part of the Asian gang that raped teenage girls.

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4 w. ago 'Abused, degraded, discarded': The predators who groomed and raped two vulnerable teenage girls

Seven men have been found guilty of a string of historic sexual offences against 'Girl A' and 'Girl B' following a five-month trial

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