3 d. ago Domestic abuse victim demands change after husband allowed to return to her home

Because John Feethan's name was on the title deeds of the house he shared with wife Pat, he was able to move straight back in after appearing in court.

Events

6 d. ago Thug threatened to shoot two women in terrifying gunpoint attack in Manchester Victoria car park

Junaid Ahmed made repeated threats about shooting the victims if they refused to comply with the demands of him and his associate Hasan Ali

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7 d. ago 'Life must mean life': Sarah Everard's parents and other families join forces as they call for tougher sentences on Britain's criminals

Jeremy and Susan Everard said it is 'important that sentences should truly reflect the seriousness of the crime and give victims, their families and society a sense of justice'.

Society

7 d. ago Sarah Everard parents join families of victims demanding sentencing shake

In a rare public appearance, Jeremy and Susan Everard, whose daughter Sarah was murdered in 2021, will launch campaign group Justice for Victims alongside other bereaved families

Society

1 week ago British teenage boys are being targeted on Snapchat and Instagram by Nigerian 'sextortion' gangs posing as young women

Teenage boys as young as 14 are being blackmailed by Nigerian crime gangs who pose as women to trick victims into sending explicit images before demanding payments.

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2 w. ago Kilmarnock parents fear families are facing 'crisis' over ruthless budget cuts

"I think EAC seriously need to re-evaluate their decision to cut these crucial budgets for ASN families."

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2 w. ago How many legal parents can a child have? The Dutch are asking the question | Mark Smith

In our rainbow family, there are two dads and a mum – but the law in the Netherlands only recognises two of usOur daughter is very much on board with the idea that, unlike her, many other five-year-olds don’t have two fathers and a mum. “Only has one dad,” she’ll remark in a confidential tone of a newly made friend at the trampoline park or the swimming pool.My husband and I live in Amsterdam, a short cycle from our daughter’s mum, who is a longstanding mutual friend. Our daughter’s time is split between the two households. We are just one of many rainbow families in the Netherlands, where parents (often, a gay male couple and a single woman, or a lesbian couple) choose to have and raise children in constellations of more than two adults. The Dutch have a proud history of championing gay rights – it was back in 2001 that Amsterdam’s then-mayor presided over the world’s first same-sex marriages – and families such as ours have long been embraced here. And yet, from a legal point of v...

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2 w. ago Met Police to be sued by whistleblower over 999 call handler after he made an inappropriate remark about Sarah Everard and labelled a rape victim a 'slut'

Issy Vine, 30, is alleging constructive dismissal after the male staff member made a series of comments to her on a shift before following her home.

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2 w. ago Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens' miserable life behind bars: His friendship with 'Morgue Monster', busybody letters, astonishing cell perk and fears 'swilling' revealed

Of all the at-risk prisoners at HMP Frankland one name stands out from the rest - Wayne Couzens. This week marks the fourth anniversary of his arrest.

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2 w. ago Sarah Everard killer living with 'bounty on head' and faces constant threats in prison

Wayne Couzens is a "number one target" in prison after previously being a police officer.

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2 w. ago Faces of evil serving whole life orders from crossbow killer to sleepover slayer

Cowardly murderer, Kyle Clifford is the latest to join the gallery of evil among child serial killer Lucy Letby, Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens and necrophiliac David Fuller to name a few

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2 w. ago Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens 'has bounty on head' in 'Monster Mansion' prison

Wayne Couzens is serving a whole life term in prison after pleading guilty to the killing

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2 w. ago Inside Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens' life behind bars as he has 'bounty on head'

Wayne Couzens is serving a whole life-term at HMP Frankland for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, whose body was burned and disposed of in a pond near Ashford, Kent

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2 w. ago Sarah Everard killer Wayne Couzens' life behind bars revealed: His sickening friendship with 'Morgue Monster', busybody letters, astonishing cell perk and fears of being 'swilled'

Of all the at-risk prisoners at HMP Frankland one name stands out from the rest - Wayne Couzens. This week marks the fourth anniversary of his arrest.

Events

2 w. ago Getting married? Isn't that what rich people do... Marriage gap between rich and poor widens by record 51 per cent as lower

Some 71 per cent of children born into high-earning families in 2022 had parents who were married compared with as few as 20 per cent among the lowest earners.

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Baby jails’ and first steps behind bars: Trump’s immigration agenda embraces family detention again

As the US ramps up enforcement, scenes of family separation and despair from Trump’s first term are repeatedThe United States has resumed placing immigrant families in detention, re-embracing harrowing operations where scenes unfold such as toddlers learning to walk under the supervision of private prison corporations and children marking their birthdays at government facilities they can’t leave.If the Obama and first Trump administrations are anything to go by, parents will have to watch their little ones go hungry without familiar foods, the kinds families cook if their children aren’t stuck in so-called “baby jails”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 56% of children in separated families regularly see parent they do not live with

A parenting group has called on the Government to do more to collect data on and address the fallout for children when parents separate.

Society

3 w. ago Busy parent? These ten clever hacks will help you save time and money

Influencer Casey Major-Bunce shares some budget-friendly ideas to keep your kids happy

Politics

3 w. ago Canadian police identify remains of murdered Indigenous woman at landfill

Police said they had identified Morgan Harris, 39, and had also found more remains of another personCanadian police have identified the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman at a landfill and found more remains from another person, after a months long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer.Police said in a statement they had confirmed that human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, had been identified as those of Morgan Harris, who was 39. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Revealed: How Kate Middleton broke royal protocol to attend the Sarah Everard vigil

When Sarah Everard was murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens, thousands of women lit candles and laid flowers in her memory - including the then Duchess of Cambridge

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