The damaging impact of domestic abuse on women’s careers has been highlighted in a new report which suggests that many women take time off work after suffering violence. A study
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Child victims of domestic violence could become “collateral damage of Brexit” without action by the next Government, a charity has said. Action for Children said that research suggests one in
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A coalition of women’s groups has written to political leaders asking what they will do to end violence against women and girls if they win the General Election. The UK-wide
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A training resource aimed at enhancing child-centred responses to violence against children, co-designed with children and young people, has been launched by academics from Queen’s University Belfast and Include Youth.
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A family friend has described outside court how Tristan and Blake Barrass were “beautiful, confident and outgoing boys who both had a bright future ahead of them”. Matthew Saunders said
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One of the surviving children of Sarah Barrass and Brandon Machin fears they will also become a murderer “because that’s what mum and Brandon did”. The two older children –
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A mother who murdered two of her sons and plotted to kill four more out of fear they would be taken into care has been jailed for at least 35
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Domestic violence and substance abuse in the family home are fuelling a rise in the number of children being put under social services protection, council chiefs are warning. The number
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A middle-aged man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 26 years after “mercilessly” stabbing his younger girlfriend to death while she was tied up on a bed.
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A father who had at least six children with his own daughter has been given a 40-year extended life sentence. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity
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