Caprice EXCLUSIVE: Star donates £250K of her own money to domestic abuse charity Woman’s Trust

Caprice EXCLUSIVE: Star donates £250K of her own money to domestic abuse charity Woman’s Trust after support group receives 2,000 calls in just three weeks during lockdown By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 17:09 BST, 30 April 2020 | Updated: 17:09 BST, 30 April 2020 Caprice has donated £250K of her own money to support domestic … Read more

Ex-SAS veteran turned clergyman is defrocked after subjecting his wife to long-term domestic abuse 

Ex-SAS veteran turned clergyman who served in Northern Ireland during The Troubles is defrocked after subjecting his wife to long-term domestic abuse Rev’d Paul Parks of St Helen’s Church in Hastings has been removed from office He admitted charges of domestic abuse to a church misconduct panel Parks subjected his wife to a ‘clear pattern’ … Read more

Lockdown shaming is being used to settle feuds and domestic disputes say police

Warring neighbours are using coronavirus to make ‘deliberately false reports’ to police about rule breaches, it has been revealed.   Police have asked the public to stop exploiting the pandemic to settle feuds by making calls which are related to ‘ongoing neighbour disputes and nothing to do’ with Covid-19. ‘People have had pops at each other … Read more

The secret victims of domestic abuse 

But this groundbreaking project offers an escape, as Anna Moore reports  ‘One man had the dog euthanised on the day his wife left him. It was a punishment for her’ The first time Sally Roberts* left her abusive husband, it was because she’d been hospitalised with a mental breakdown. When she was discharged, instead of returning home, … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: A new domestic thriller… that’s just like five we’ve seen already

Flesh And Blood Monday-Thursday, ITV Rating: Murder 24/7 Monday-Wednesday, BBC2 Rating: The latest domestic thriller is Flesh And Blood, and already it’s getting mixed up in my head with Liar, Cheat, Trust Me, Trauma, Gold Digger, etc. Their formats are so similar – whom should we trust? – that I’m beginning to wonder if they … Read more

150,000 Brits will die during coronavirus pandemic through domestic violence and suicides

Up to 150,000 Britons could die from non-coronavirus causes because of the UK’s draconian lockdown, it is feared. A tentative estimate circulating in Whitehall suggests a six-figure death toll from a long-term lockdown, caused by a spike in suicides and domestic violence.  Official figures show around 9,000 Britons have already died after testing positive for … Read more