32 h. ago Stacey Dooley's Rape On Trial calls for societal change amid justice system failures for women

Stacey Dooley's documentary Rape on Trial is a call to action, as four women waive their right to life-long anonymity to raise awareness of their experiences of seeking justice for rape

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48 h. ago Gisele Pelicot’s daughter feared her mother had Alzheimer’s before discovering truth about drugged rapes

Caroline Darian speaks out about the confusion she and her siblings felt about their mother when Dominique Pelicot started drugging his wife

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54 h. ago Mother cooked up plot with her daughter to stab ex to death and claim he was trying to rape her, murder trial hears

Helen Shakespeare, 53, her daughter Letisha Goodwin, 30, and Anthony Hillier, 33, are charged with killing Raymond Groves, 48, from Bristol, on July 2 last year.

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68 h. ago The One Show's Alex Jones 'can't even say it' as Stacey Dooley leaves her fighting tears on live show

Stacey's new book includes a letter written by her young daughter Minnie

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69 h. ago The One Show's Alex Jones tears up as she makes emotional admission live on

The One Show presenter Alex Jones became emotional during an interview with Stacey Dooley on Tuesday.

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69 h. ago The One Show's Alex Jones says 'I can't even say it' as she tears up live on

Alex Jones became emotional while talking about Stacey Dooley's new book on Tuesday's The One Show.

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3 d. ago BBC Strictly's Stacey Dooley shares 'bleak' realisation and admits she wouldn't report rape case to police

Stacey Dooley has said that she would not feel confident in reporting a rape case to the police, as she shared her thoughts ahead of her latest BBC documentary

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley says she wouldn't go to the police if she was raped: 'It's so bleak'

She is fronting the BBC documentary Rape On Trial, which covers the delays to court cases

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley admits she wouldn't go to the police if she was raped: 'It's so bleak and such a disappointing realisation'

The TV presenter, 38, is fronting the new BBC documentary Rape On Trial, which covers the delays to court cases and waiting times for victims of alleged rape and sexual assault.

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3 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Stacey Dooley made 'bleak realisation' as she returns with new BBC show

The documentary maker is bringing her new BBC programme and has shared a shocking admission

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley 'would not feel confident' going to the police if she was raped

The TV star was speaking to the Radio Times after fronting a documentary series.

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley 'would not go to the police' if she was sexually assaulted

Documentary maker Stacey Dooley was left shocked by her findings for in new BBC two part film called Rape On Trial

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3 d. ago Stacey Dooley: I had bleak realisation I don’t think I would report if raped

She is fronting the BBC documentary Rape On Trial, which covers the delays to court cases.

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5 d. ago The disturbing case of a Tantric yoga guru and his followers

Under the guise of spiritual leadership, Gregorian Bivolaru allegedly exploited hundreds of people through an international network of yoga camps and retreats. Now he’s awaiting trial, accused of kidnap, trafficking and rape. Here, one of his victims reveals how she broke freeFrom the outside, Tara Yoga Centre looks like a normal, welcoming yoga studio. A pleasant building in an expensive east London postcode, with another popular branch on an Oxford high street. There are positive, even gushing, Google reviews. The website is professional, with photos of smiling people stretching on matching purple yoga mats. It promises “rapid and integral transformation”, as well as “an invitation to awaken now”.When Miranda, from Oxford – who has asked to go only by her first name – was in her late 20s, she visited India to practise yoga. It was 2015 and yoga was already a booming industry in the UK. She was working as an English teacher at a London school and gravitated to yoga for the same rea...

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6 d. ago Gisele Pelicot tells sexual violence survivors ‘you will never be alone’ in International Women’s Day message

The extraordinary French grandmother dedicates being named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 to survivors who are ‘the true heroes’, in personal words shared by her lawyer

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7 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot tells sexual violence survivors ‘you will never be alone’ in International Women’s Day message

The extraordinary French grandmother dedicates being named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 to survivors who ‘are the true heroes’ in personal words shared by her lawyer

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7 d. ago Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’

The north-east London rapper’s new album mines his family’s past and society’s present to explore what it means to call a place homeOver the past two decades, Wretch 32, real name Jermaine Scott, has established himself as a pioneering figure in British rap. From his rise in the underbellies of an early-millennium rap and grime scene, to his mainstream success and songs with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Emeli Sandé, Stormzy and Giggs, he is among the handful of UK rappers who have scaled the heights of the British music scene while maintaining a deep connection to their communities.At 39, Scott is ready to release his seventh album, Home?, a soul-searching record that reflects on his relationship with that word. “I feel like it always moves. I feel like it always changes,” he says of his relationship to “home”. “I’m still trying to put an exact location on it but as it stands it’s more who I’m with. I feel like I could make a home in any house.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Justice Secretary threatens to change law in call to reconsider court guidance

The Sentencing Council published new guidelines for courts to follow when imposing community and custodial sentences on Wednesday.

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8 d. ago Triple killer will not give evidence at trial for rape, jurors are told

Kyle Clifford denies the rape of his ex-girlfriend, Louise Hunt, 25, at her family’s home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9 last year.

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9 d. ago Chilling CCTV shows crossbow killer buying two DIY items before murders

Chilling CCTV footage of Kyle Clifford buying DIY items said to have been used in the brutal murders of his ex-girlfriend and her family has been shown to jurors as his rape trial commences

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