A woman’s life may have been saved if mental health workers had not missed her relationship with a convicted killer because they were “entirely reliant” on him reporting it, a
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More than a third of trials heard by a sheriff sitting alone in the past year were domestic abuse cases, new figures show. Some 34% of sheriff summary trials called
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The majority of school leaders polled by a headteachers’ union said they had raised safeguarding concerns about pupils during the pandemic, a select committee was told. Tim Bowen, president of
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A woman whose sister was the third victim of a man who killed his partners said she is “extremely angry” that her sibling was not protected, an inquest heard. Theodore
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Almost 80% of female prisoners in Scotland have a history of significant head injury which mostly happened through domestic abuse, according to research. The University of Glasgow-led study – funded
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Domestic abuse survivors can access “safe spaces” in nearly 300 TSB branches where they will receive specialist support, the bank has announced. TSB said the initiative will enable more people
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Progress on a cross-department strategy to stop domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Northern Ireland has been published. Ministers for Health, Justice, Communities, Education and Finance have published an
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Wales manager Ryan Giggs has denied charges of assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour. The former Manchester United winger pleaded not guilty to an allegation he was violent
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Allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour should be the “primary issue” for family courts when considering cases where one parent claims to have been the victim of domestic abuse. Court
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A babysitter has been jailed for life after inflicting fatal brain injuries on a 21-month-old girl in a “brutal assault” and then failing to seek medical help for about three
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