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'Indian society is notorious for abandoning married daughters': Kangana Ranaut warns young women about marriage pressure in viral post

Kangana Ranaut has urged young women to prioritise financial independence and career growth before marriage while reacting to the recent Bhopal dowry death case. Sharing her views on social media, the actor and BJP MP highlighted what she described as society’s tendency to abandon daughters after marriage, even when they…

The Economic Times

Operation Sallus: Inside the Met police mission to protect victims of domestic violence

Exclusive: The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin joined officers checking on victims of domestic abuse as part of a new operation to better enforce protective orders

The Independent UK

Who is Twisha Sharma? Ex-Miss Pune and former judge’s daughter-in-law found dead in Bhopal amid dowry harassment allegations

Bhopal police are investigating the death of Twisha Sharma, a former Miss Pune contestant. She was found hanging at her marital home. Her family alleges dowry harassment and domestic abuse by her husband, Samarth Singh, and mother-in-law, Giribala Singh. Twisha's final message to a friend expressed feeling trapped. A Special…

The Economic Times

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Life Could Be a Dream review – a powerful, polished Australian film about domestic abuse

Director Jasmin Tarasin weaves richly layered moments between mother and son – and darker flashbacks to what they left behind

The Guardian - AU

Hayden Panettiere's ex Brian Hickerson reveals domestic abuse story he didn't want in her memoir

Hayden Panettiere has detailed her abusive relationship with Brian Hickerson in her memoir, and now her ex has opened up on reading the chapter.

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Coronation Street villain makes scene confession in first interview after shock exit

Coronation Street actor James Cartwright has revealed he cried after filming a scene in the soap tackling domestic abuse.

The Independent UK

Only 3% of suicides linked to domestic abuse result in prosecution, data shows

The figures, for England and Wales, have prompted calls for more rigorous police investigations of cases

The Guardian - UK

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UK police chiefs report sharp rise in suicides linked to domestic abuse

A new analysis reveals a 25% rise in suicides linked to domestic abuse, with police identifying more victims who died by suicide after experiencing abuse. Experts highlight coercive control and isolation as key factors, stressing the need for better identification and protection of vulnerable victims. Authorities are calling for stronger…

The Times of India

First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in police data

Assistant commissioner Louisa Rolfe attributed the rise to ‘toxic influencers’ online and access to violent pornography

The Independent UK

First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales

Police warn of violent pornography and ‘toxic’ influencers as suicides outstrip homicides for third year running

The Guardian - UK

Families of domestic abuse victims driven to suicide criticise ‘postcode lottery’ of coroner’s courts

Individual coroners decide scope of evidence considered, which campaigners say leads to inconsistencies

The Guardian - UK

Why the colour purple will appear in tonight’s Coronation Street

One star called the latest storyline a ‘tough watch at times’

The Independent UK

Coronation Street to use purple to raise awareness of domestic violence

The stylised episode is part of its ongoing domestic abuse storyline.

Evening Standard

Kimberly’s story: the tragedy that changed British legal history

Her death led to landmark ruling that sustained domestic violence can make an abuser criminally responsible for their victim’s suicide

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‘My girlfriend attacked me with scissors and carved her name into my ribs’: Young people call for domestic abuse laws to include under-16s

At 15, James said he realised he was too young to get justice after he was abused by his girlfriend. He is now joining calls to lower the legislative age of domestic abuse victims. Harriette Boucher reports

The Independent UK

Man jailed in landmark Scotland domestic abuse case

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Scotland domestic abuse case: Husband jailed after wife jumps to death from bridge in bid to escape him

A Scottish man received an eight-year sentence for his wife's death, marking a landmark case where domestic abuse led to criminal responsibility for suicide. Kimberly Milne died tragically after jumping from a bridge to escape her abuser, Lee Milne. Prosecutors argued his prolonged cruelty drove her to despair, culminating in…

Evening Standard

We would have loved a longer sentence for Milne, says domestic abuse charity

Lee Milne was sentenced to eight years behind bars for killing his wife, after she jumped off a bridge following an 18-month abusive ordeal.

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Evening Standard

Domestic abuser drove at wife at speed on day she took her own life, CCTV shows

Video clips of Lee Milne’s aggressive and erratic behaviour towards his wife Kimberly were used in evidence at his trial.

The Independent UK

Domestic abuser jailed for killing wife who took her own life after campaign of abuse

Kimberly Bruce took her own life following a ‘cruel, manipulative and violent’ campaign of abuse by Lee Milne

The Guardian - UK

Domestic abuser jailed in Scotland for killing wife who took her own life

Lee Milne sentenced to eight years in landmark case after being found guilty of culpable homicide of Kimberly Milne

Evening Standard

Domestic abuser to be sentenced for killing wife after she jumped to her death

Lee Milne, 40, subjected his wife Kimberley Milne to an 18-month campaign of abuse before her death in July 2023.

The Independent UK

Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill wife found guilty of attempted manslaughter

The national domestic abuse helpline offers support for women on 0808 2000 247, or you can visit the Refuge website. There is a dedicated men's advice line on 0808 8010 327. Those in the US can call the domestic violence hotline on 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Other international helplines can be found…

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of domestic abuse survivors rejected from refuges due to national shortages, report reveals

Exclusive: Charities and MPs call for urgent funding for the sector as last year saw highest proportion of referrals rejected in five years

The Independent UK

CPS given additional £5m to help domestic abuse victims navigate court

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