The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales has pledged to hold public bodies to account over the action they take to prevent future deaths. Research for the commissioner’s office
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A 31-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of two young children. Rhonda Micetich is alleged to have entered the water with the two children near
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A Scottish university has launched a new campaign to highlight its work on gender-based violence. The University of Glasgow created its Together Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in a bid to
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A mother-of-four who was held at gunpoint by her stalker ex-boyfriend says it is “absolute madness” that he is due to be released from jail in February despite a parole
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A couple have been jailed for life for murdering a widower whose body was hidden and never to be found in a “wicked” act of deceit. Frank McKeever (pictured), 62,
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Sir Keir Starmer has lost eight frontbenchers after he suffered a major rebellion in a Commons vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Four shadow ministers, including Jess Phillips, Yasmin
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A new boyfriend who murdered his partner’s toddler by shaking her to death after learning his Universal Credit had been stopped will be jailed for life. Michael Daymond, 27, attacked
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A couple have been found guilty of killing a 63-year-old widower and dumping his body beside a motorway after forcing him to record a “video confession”. Frank McKeever (pictured) has
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A man has been jailed for a “sustained and brutal” attack on his girlfriend’s father, who was left in a vegetative state and died three years later. In May 2016,
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Women and children experienced an “intensification” of domestic abuse during the pandemic, an inquiry has heard. The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry was told measures such as lockdown created a situation that
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