A campaigner whose father died from contaminated blood has accused the Government of offering victims “means-tested scraps” as a new inquiry gets under way. Jason Evans, whose father died in
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A police force failed to cross-reference almost half the incidents involving a serial stalker who drove his ex-partner to take her own life by bombarding her with abusive voicemails, texts
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Clergy and staff from a Church of England Diocese were referred to police in 2015 after church leaders had allegedly “turned a blind eye” to claims of child abuse, an
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Social media giants have pledged hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Samaritans charity in a bid to rid the internet of self-harm videos and other damaging material, Health Secretary
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A vulnerable girl was “raped and abused by multiple men over several years” starting when she was 11 or 12 years old, a jury has heard. The victim was “deliberately
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Women in parts of the north of England are four times more likely to end up in jail than female offenders in the Home Counties, research suggests. A report by
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Jeremy Corbyn has criticised moves to get rape victims to turn over their mobile phones to the police. The Labour leader’s intervention came after rape complainants were told they risked
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Older men feel socially excluded, overlooked, cut off and left out, a study into loneliness and isolation has found. The two-year study led by the University of Bristol featured interviews
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Being obese is linked to a significantly higher chance of serious disease and early death than being a healthy weight, research on more than 2.8 million adults suggests. The chance
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Privacy and victims’ rights campaign groups have called for reform after police forces introduced new consent forms asking rape victims to hand over their mobile phones. Griff Ferris, legal and
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