4 d. ago Sexual aggression, abusive comments and a screaming row between one man and his VERY drunk girlfriend... what I saw on just another harrowing night for female PCs

Women are used to this kind of over-familiarity from strangers. But these women are in black combat trousers, tough black boots and stab vests.

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4 d. ago Stephen Bunting slams abuse of his young son Toby and 'negative comments' from trolls

Stephen Bunting condemned online abuse directed at his 13-year-old son after losing to James Hurrell in the third round of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace

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5 d. ago My harrowing night in ‘prostitute haven’ The Blade where ‘kids as young as 12 are branded and forced to work streets’

ON a bracing December night, young women wearing nothing but lingerie and seven-inch heels lean into car windows to scout out their next customers. Shockingly, it is an all-too typical scene in this seedy Downtown neighborhood known as 'The Blade', which in recent months has been unmasked as the epicenter of a sickening US sex...

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9 d. ago Double stabbing on Christmas Eve leaves one fighting for life as armed police lock down street

The harrowing attack has left two people in hospital on the night before Christmas with officers remaining at the scene and a probe underway.

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2 w. ago Teachers in England face growing misogyny and need help dealing with sexual aggression, says Phillips

Comments from safeguarding minister come as violence against women and girls strategy due to launch• UK politics live – latest updatesSchools are reporting growing misogyny from pupils towards teachers and a lack of avenues to seek help about sexually aggressive behaviour, the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, has said.Phillips’ comments came as the government was due to launch its long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy. Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to try to tackle misogyny in England’s schools. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick praises Coronation Street wife for 'genius' episode

Coronation Street aired a special episode on Monday night focusing on Todd Grimshaw and Theo Silverton's harrowing domestic abuse storyline

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2 w. ago Coronation Street Theo Silverton's downfall 'revealed' as fans spot huge clue

Coronation Street aired harrowing scenes between Todd Grimshaw and Theo Silverton on Monday night

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2 w. ago BREAKING Laura Woods told 'tonight's the night you're going to die' in harrowing death threat

Laura Woods' stalker was jailed for 14 months last year after putting the TNT Sports presenter through a hellish ordeal

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2 w. ago Laura Woods told 'tonight's the night you're going to die' in harrowing death threat

Laura Woods' stalker was jailed for 14 months last year after putting the TNT Sports presenter through a hellish ordeal

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3 w. ago In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real

Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public lifeNetworked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now being supercharged by generative AI tools that make it easier, quicker and cheaper than ever to perpetrate online violence against women in public life – from journalists to human rights defenders, politicians and activists.The objectives are clear: to help justify the rollback of gender equality and women’s reproductive rights; to chill women’s freedom of expression and their participation in democratic deliberation; to discredit truth-tellers; and to pave the way for the consolidation of authoritarian power.Dr Julie Posetti is the director of the Information Integrity Initiative at TheNerve, a digital forensics lab founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. She is also a professor of journalism and chair of the Centre for ...

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3 w. ago Towie fans in shock as cast left screaming at each other across the table and co

THE TOWIE cast were left screaming at each other from across the table as they reunited for a special Christmas reunion. But there was nothing merry about this festive get-together. Joe Blackman decided it was time to hash things out with Amy Childs once and for all, calling her out for taking social media swipes...

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3 w. ago City oil broker admits screaming racist abuse at driver in road rage row near her £900,000 apartment

Letizia Bonuglia, 45, who is employed in the heart of the Square Mile and specialises in the Mediterranean market, repeated the racial slur when challenged.

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3 w. ago A Melbourne bakery found TikTok fame, before trolls began harassing its young staff. How the owners responded went viral

Montmorency Bakehouse decided to tackle online abuse head-on, asking viewers to ‘please stop with the thirsty comments’Lawrence Du knew instinctively that his parents’ bakery had the potential to pop off on social media.Shaun Du and Cindy Vuong opened Montmorency Bakehouse on the fringe of Melbourne’s east in 2003, after migrating to Australia from Vietnam. They started selling pillowy, coconut-dusted lamingtons, vanilla slices, chunky steak pies and crusty loaves of bread alongside crispy banh mi and rice paper rolls, creating a traditional country-style Australian bakery with a Vietnamese twist. Continue reading...

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