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Justice Minister pledges to open domestic violence refuge beds in Longford

The Minister for Justice has vowed to deliver more than 400 refuge beds across the country, as part of a plan to boost domestic violence services. Helen McEntee has also promised to open refuge spaces in the nine counties, one of which is Longford, ...

08 Feb 2022 at 18:33

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Justice Minister pledges to deliver more than 400 domestic violence refuge beds

08 Feb 2022 at 23:33

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Justice Minister pledges to deliver more than 400 domestic violence refuge beds

08 Feb 2022 at 14:33

Apple brings child sexual abuse detection tools to the UK

A feature in Apple’s Messages app that can spot and warn children when sexually explicit images are received or about to be sent is to be introduced in the UK. First launched in the United States last year, the tool blurs out images ...

20 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Scotland

Defence lawyers to boycott complex domestic abuse cases in legal aid dispute

Defence lawyers will boycott certain domestic abuse cases in Scottish courts, in an escalation of the dispute over legal aid payments. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has repeatedly said that legal aid funding is ...

25 Apr 2022 at 16:25

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FA, Premier League and EFL welcome tougher legislation to tackle online abuse

The introduction of tougher legislation to tackle online abuse in the sport has been welcomed by the Football Association, Premier League, English Football League and Kick It Out. The Online Safety Bill is scheduled to have ...

18 Apr 2022 at 21:25

Scotland

Sex assault victims withdraw from cases due to distress caused by court delays

Some victims of sexual assault have dropped their cases and others are considering withdrawing from the justice system due to delays, according to a new report. It notes that some cases have taken almost two years to come ...

17 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Register of domestic abusers proposed by Scottish Tories

The Scottish Conservatives plan to bring forward a Bill which would create a register of domestic abusers. The database would work in a similar manner to the sex offenders register and police or local authorities could ...

18 Mar 2022 at 12:25

Abuse survivor fears Facebook security plan will allow predators ‘free rein’

A campaigner who was sexually abused as a child after being groomed online has urged Facebook to abandon plans she says will weaken protections for vulnerable people and give predators “free rein” to target youngsters....

16 Mar 2022 at 07:25

Children ‘do not want to be defined by the pandemic’ – NSPCC

Britain’s children “do not want to be defined by the pandemic” and are “determined to make this a better world”, the head of the NSPCC said. Sir Peter Wanless urged the Government to overhaul the child protection ...

11 May 2022 at 15:25

Government plan to tackle domestic abuse does not go far enough, say charities

The Government’s new bid to tackle domestic abuse has been broadly welcomed by charities, though critics have said it “goes nowhere near far enough”. Home Secretary, Priti Patel, on Wednesday unveiled the plan, ...

30 Mar 2022 at 18:55

Heads say strain on services leaves families waiting years for support

Headteachers have spoken of pupils waiting for six years to be removed from families in cases of serious abuse as they called for more support for children’s services. At the NAHT school leaders’ annual ...

29 Apr 2022 at 19:55

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