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Gaslighting, love bombing, coercive control – what do these terms of abuse mean?

Maya Oppenheim takes a look at three key turns of phrase to tackle misconceptions about domestic abuse

The Independent UK

‘Be a brick and buy a brick’: Joanna Lumley and Patrick Stewart lead support for The Independent’s campaign

A series of famous faces are supporting The Independent’s partnership with Refuge to build a safe, secure home for women fleeing abuse

The Independent UK

The Independent to start building refuge after anonymous £25,000 donation boosts Brick by Brick campaign

Individual donors have generously given more than £71,000 to The Independent’s campaign just days after it launched

The Independent UK

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More than half of women fleeing domestic abuse turned away from safe refuge due to chronic shortages

Leading domestic abuse charity Refuge reveals it is making more homelessness referrals than ever

The Independent UK

Domestic abuse survivor: ‘It started with love bombing and ended with him holding me hostage’

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

The Independent UK

The house The Independent built: why we’re launching a campaign to help victims of domestic abuse

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

The Independent UK

‘She should have been warned’: Family’s anger at failure to stop abusive ex left free to kill two women

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

The Independent UK

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Labour must avoid release of high-risk offenders in prison plans, charity warns

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories

The Guardian - UK

What will Labour do for us - here’s how the new Prime Minister aims to tackle domestic abuse

The UK has a new Labour Prime Minister - here’s what it means for survivors of domestic- and gender-based violence

Marie Claire

Ninety per cent of domestic abuse professionals say pets 'a barrier to victim-survivors seeking safety'

Cats Protection acquired information from 409 respondents working within social care teams, domestic abuse organisations and helplines

Evening Standard

The harrowing video of Diddy abusing Cassie shows us the lengths women have to go to to be believed

We live in a society where victims are scrutinised and perpetrators are protected

Marie Claire

Sarah Everard report sparks demand for urgent action to restore trust in police

Inquiry chair says there is ‘nothing to stop another Couzens operating in plain sight’ and radical overhaul is needed

The Guardian - UK

The Lost Promise of Refuge Ranch

Christian activists brought concerns about sex trafficking to prominence in Texas and then failed the survivors they sought to help.

Texas Observer

Thousands of women at risk as police reject over 10,000 background checks on potential abusers

Exclusive: Campaigners describe a ‘postcode lottery’, with one expert warning that the rejection of so many applications made under Clare’s Law is putting women’s lives in danger

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Nikki Haley as first female US president? Unlikely but not impossible

Republican candidate is catching up to Trump in the polls as business heavyweights have flocked to her

The Guardian - UK

Rise in women facing domestic abuse at Christmas, English charities report

Calls and contacts to helplines remain higher than pre-pandemic, compounded by cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Domestic abusers excluded from axed short prison terms after Independent revealed thousands could walk free

‘On average, two women a week are killed by a current or former partner in England and Wales. This is a harrowing statistic,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK

Revealed: Scandal of police failure to protect vulnerable women

Exclusive: Labour vows to crack down on police failures to keep women safe, as campaigners warn lives are being put at risk

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The Independent UK

Women’s campaigners warn of safety risks from NHS app medical records access

Refuge said it is disappointed that the Government and NHS England have not fully addressed the risk to domestic abuse survivors.

The Independent UK

New NHS remote medical records endanger domestic abuse victims, campaigners claim

Exclusive: Changes will allow perpetrators to get access to abuse victims’ personal health records, including details on medications and mental health history, Refuge warns

The Independent UK

Police officer moved to work with domestic violence victims despite probe into abusing partner

Exclusive: Abigail Barlow was accused of beating, kicking and strangling her partner Katie Barron, leaving her with black and bleeding eyes, a bruised neck and chest pain – but was not suspended for two years

The Guardian - UK

MoJ ‘put public at risk’ after quietly transferring inmates to open prisons

Leaked document emerges as domestic abuse survivors seek clarification over plans to cut sentences for ‘low-level’ offenders

The Independent UK

Joanna Simpson: Family fear for lives as they call for ‘narcissistic’ hammer killer to be kept behind bars

Exclusive: Mother of two was battered to death and buried in a pre-dug grave – now her family fears for their safety if her killer is released

The Conversation

Even before deepfakes, tech was a tool of abuse and control

Of the many “profound risks to society and humanity” that have tech experts worried about artificial intelligence (AI), the spread of fake images is one that everyday internet users will be familiar with.

The Independent UK

One in three staff removed from Met unit where Couzens and Carrick served

The changes to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command come after a damning review last year.

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