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Mel B on reporting domestic abuse I dont know if I can trust the police

Singer Mel B has said she would not report domestic abuse as she does not know if she can “trust the police”. The 47-year-old member of girl group Spice Girls, who is a patron of Women’s Aid and campaigns with the charity on domestic abuse issues, urged the Government to reform “the whole entire system” of justice. She has previously spoken about being in an abusive relationship, which she claims left her without access to money or a support network.Read More

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Mother who caused death of daughter overwhelmed during pandemic court told

A mother who killed her 16-year-old disabled daughter through neglect and negligence became “gradually overwhelmed” and unable to cope during the Covid-19 pandemic, a court was told. Kaylea Titford, who suffered from spina bifida, was found dead at her home in Newtown, Powys, in October 2020 after her parents allowed her to become morbidly obese. Her mother, Sarah Lloyd-Jones, 39, admitted manslaughter by gross negligence last year, while her father, Alun Titford, 45, denied the charge and was found guilty afterRead More

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Pioneer Susie Wolff named managing director of all female series

She will take charge of the F1 Academy Susie Wolff has been appointed as managing director of the F1 Academy. The 40-year-old will take charge of the female-only academy, which develops young talent to prepare them for higher levels of competition. Wolff, a former professional driver who has also held the role of team principal with the Venturi Formula E team, launched the Dare To Be Different action plan – which aimed to inspire females to take up the sportRead More

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Persimmon slows housebuilding rate as market conditions bite

They are predicting sales of between 8000 and 9000 homes this year One of the country’s biggest housebuilders plans to nearly halve the number of homes it releases onto the market this year as challenging market conditions are expected to cut the amount it can charge. Persimmon said that it would build and sell between 8,000 and 9,000 homes in 2023, down from close to 15,000 the year before, which was an all-time high for the business. The company’s decisionRead More

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Prime Minister in denial over economic damage and decline Starmer claims

The Prime Minister is in “total denial” about the “damage and decline that he is presiding over”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Labour leader probed the Prime Minister on the UK’s longstanding problems with growing the economy, during their weekly joust at Prime Minister’s Questions. He also referred to the economic damage caused by Rishi Sunak’s predecessor Liz Truss during last autumn’s mini-budget. But Mr Sunak accused Sir Keir of making “inflationary, unfunded spending commitments” and running out ofRead More

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Parkland scoured in urgent search for Constance Marten and Mark Gordons baby

Dozens of officers are involved in the desperate hunt near Brighton Specialist teams are scouring parkland around a mile from where aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested as the desperate search for their missing baby continues. Dozens of officers from the Metropolitan Police and a team from London Search and Rescue were seen in Wild Park Local Nature Reserve, which backs onto Hollingbury Golf Course, in Brighton, East Sussex. The officers, some wearing jackets indicating theyRead More

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Greek stationmaster arrested after train crash kills at least 36

Two trains collided and some carriages caught fire just before midnight on Tuesday night Greek police say the stationmaster in the city of Larissa has been arrested following the train crash that left at least 36 people dead. A police statement identified the suspect only as a 59-year-old man. Another two people have been detained for questioning. Fire Service officials said 36 people were killed and at least 85 were hurt after multiple train carriages derailed and at least threeRead More

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