The Home Office has begun a consultation on whether the cross-Government definition of domestic violence introduced in 2004 should be widened, for example by including for the first time young people under 18 within its scope. Currently, the definition identifies domestic violence as, “incidents of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse”. Views are sought from police, [...]
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A CAMPAIGN against Government proposals to reform services for crime victims and witnesses has been backed by a North East MP who says they are unnecessary and potentially damaging. National charity Victim Support (VS) has launched an e-petition calling on ministers to rethink moves to devolve the commissioning of services to 42 elected police and [...]
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Almost one in three under-15s at a north Cambridge school has never been into the city centre, according to their headteacher. Ben Slade, who runs The Manor in Arbury Road, made the claim as he attacked the “snobbery” his pupils still had to endure, despite the massive progress made at the school in recent years. [...]
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Published on Saturday 19 May 2012 07:02 A PROJECT supporting young people in the Newtownabbey area who have dropped out of education because their lives have been affected by domestic violence has received a funding boost from the Big Lottery Fund. Women’s Aid has been awarded a grant of £499,997 from the Big Lottery Fund’s [...]
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RECENT STORIES NEW PLANS FOR DRUG DRIVING LAW WELCOMED - Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership has welcomed government plans to crack down on those who drive while under the influence of drugs More… ‘RINGING THE CHANGES’ INCIDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD - Police in Chesterfield have issued CCTV images of people they want to speak to [...]
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A few years ago, Danny Glover sat in his car and cried. The Hollywood star and political activist had just heard the news that his friend, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti‘s first democratically elected president, had been toppled in a coup backed by the US and France. “It was 28 February 2004 and I sat in that [...]
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Published on Friday 18 May 2012 16:54 A PROJECT to support young people in the Carrick who have dropped out of education because their lives have been affected by domestic violence has received a major financial boost. Women’s Aid has been awarded £499,997 from the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Reaching out: Empowering Young People’ programme to [...]
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Norwich Crown Court picture by Adrian Judd By DAVID BALE Friday, May 18, 2012 9:38 AM A 24-year-old woman who stabbed her ex-partner in the face and stomach in a domestic violence incident has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Nadine Foster, from Magdalen Road, Tilney St Lawrence, near King’s Lynn, was sentenced at Norwich [...]
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Published on Friday 18 May 2012 11:30 HELPING Burnley families is the aim of Burnley’s new Mayor, Coun. Charles Bullas, as he takes over the helm as the town’s first citizen. A proud family man, Coun. Bullas and his wife Irene, his Mayoress, will raise money for Pendleside Hospice along with lesser known charities, including [...]
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18 May 2012 Last updated at 03:07 By Emma Kasprzak BBC News The Solloway family faced a delay in registering baby Michael’s birth The news has been full of stories about the growth of food banks, but what is it like to be pregnant and hungry? In Birmingham, a non-profit organisation has set up a [...]
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