The Latest Breaking News from Domestic Abuse

The controlling or coercive behaviour offence has been extended to cover victims who do not live with the family member or ex-partner abusing them.

The children’s social care department had seen referrals related to domestic abuse soar by 74pc in a year

A Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) has highlighted a string of missed opportunities to help protect vulnerable dad

Improvements are needed in the care given to victims of domestic abuse, a report says

Many people get a secret phone when they're trying to leave a domestic abuse situation

A pilot scheme is inviting journalists into England and Wales’s most private courtrooms. This can expose those who use litigation as a weapon, says barrister Charlotte Proudman

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans to crack down on antisocial behaviour. The proposals include making offenders wear hi-vis jackets to wash police cars and clean up vandalism, within 48 hours of being served a court order. Offenders may have to do other unpaid work in their local communities.

Daniel White, 36, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Angela White, 45, who he strangled before cutting her throat after kicking open a locked door

A top councillor has warned that city authorities do not have enough resources to properly support the thousands of domestic abuse victims in Newcastle