Author JK Rowling has founded a new support service to help meet an “unmet need” for women who have experienced sexual violence. Beira’s Place in Edinburgh will be a support
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Health workers in Northern Ireland vowed to continue the fight for better pay and conditions as they took part in a 24 hour strike. Members of three of Northern Ireland’s
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A scheme set up to give money to low earners after a positive Covid result will close next year, the Scottish Government has announced. The Self-Isolation Support Grant schemed has paid out
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Terrorists are now more likely to be radicalised online but plots hatched on the internet are prone to fail, research suggests. Academics examined the role the internet played in the
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Parents who fail to pay child maintenance could face swifter punishments under plans backed by MPs. The Child Support (Enforcement) Bill received an unopposed second reading and work and pensions
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Rishi Sunak is not ruling out extending “tough” new anti-strike laws to prevent walkouts by emergency service workers such as nurses. The Prime Minister said “we’re looking at all options”
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Sexually harassing women in public is set to be punishable by up to two years in prison under proposed laws backed by the Government. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has declared
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An online vigil to remember women and children who have died as a result of domestic abuse was held on Thursday. The memorial, organised by Scottish Women’s Aid’s Survivor Reference
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More than three million low-income households cannot afford to heat their homes, new research shows, posing a risk to their health as a severe chill sweeps the UK. The UK
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More than nine out of 10 people in some parts of England are stuck in hospital beds despite being fit to leave, new analysis shows. Levels are particularly high in
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