The Latest Breaking News from Domestic Abuse

After being held prisoner for a week in her flat, Esther finally escaped to her mother, who didn’t recognise her daughter when she opened the door

Build a house, rebuild women’s lives – donate to The Independent and Refuge’s Brick by Brick campaign to help domestic abuse survivors. Maya Oppenheim takes us through the lifesaving initiative

Four years on from a super-complaint over officers’ violence against women and girls, a new report finds little progress has been made on promised reforms

When comedian James Barr met his ex, he thought he’d finally found his soulmate, but their relationship quickly became a source of constant fear. He tells Helen Coffey about how he found the strength to leave – and why we need to talk more about domestic violence in the queer…

‘Over a decade since I left my abusive husband, he remains on the joint mortgage. I can’t sell the property without his permission,’ one domestic abuse victim says

More than 1,700 prisoners are being let out early in England and Wales today as part of a government scheme to deal with overcrowding

‘Sizeable minority’ of survivors of crime have not been informed that perpetrators will be freed on Tuesday

‘The early release of perpetrators will have a detrimental impact on both the physical safety and mental wellbeing of survivors,’ says campaigner

Some 1,700 criminals who have only served 40 per cent of their sentence will be let out on Tuesday

Clove is a young woman with a seemingly good life. She has an adoring husband, two healthy, happy children and a comfortable home in Portland, a pleasant US city. She is a perfectionist with an obsession with clean eating and super-health who has spent years building such “perfection”.

Exclusive: ‘Controlling’ Carl Cooper had been implicated in the stabbings of two other women before he killed mother of four Fiona Holm – whose body has never been found