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Colourful murals, new teddy bears and peace: What it’s like inside a domestic abuse refuge

‘At the point that somebody leaves that abusive relationship, they are at risk of being murdered,’ refuge manager tells Maya Oppenheim

The Independent UK

Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse with impunity, report finds

‘We trust police officers to keep us safe and the fact some are committing the terror of domestic abuse is appalling and completely unacceptable,’ MP Jess Phillips says

The Independent UK

Victoria Derbyshire: ‘My father beat me with a spoon, hit me with a belt, and threw scalding soup over me’

The BBC presenter recalls the harrowing ordeal her family endured as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign to build a safe refuge for domestic abuse survivors

The Independent UK

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Shocking statistics show scale of domestic violence across country

The Independent has partnered with Refuge to build a safe, secure home for women fleeing abuse through the Brick by Brick campaign

The Independent UK

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

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

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Marie Claire

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Texas Observer

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.

The Independent UK

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

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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

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

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