Government launches online consultation
THE HOME Affairs Committee is launching an inquiry and online consultation into domestic abuse, including forced marriage and "honour"-based" violence.
The online consultation, which runs from January 21st for six weeks, aims to hear from survivors of forced marriage...
Guantanamo Protests staged worldwide
WORLDWIDE protests calling for the closure of the American prison camp at Guantanamo Bay have been staged today.
Thousands of people are believed to have staged demonstrations in cities across the world to mark the sixth anniversary of the...
Shafilea was ‘murdered’, rules coroner
Teenager Shafilea Ahmed was ‘murdered’, the coroner heading her inquest has ruled.
Coroner Ian Smith told the inquest: "She was murdered. I'm convinced of that because of the way in which the body was disposed, it had been hidden...
Ex-City tutor to meet the Queen
WHEN retired Birmingham tutor Talat Javed began teaching Urdu at South Birmingham College in 1989 little did she realise her dedication would result in her meeting the Queen 18 years later.
Mrs Javed, who lives in the Kings Heath...
Teenage victim ‘not under pressure’ to marry
THE FATHER of a Warrington teenager found dead in a river has told an inquest she was not under any pressure to have an arranged marriage.
Shafilea Ahmed disappeared from her home in Warrington in September 2003.
Her badly decomposed...
Police investigate racial attack
POLICE are searching for four men after an elderly Sikh man was assaulted in Leicester.
The 55-year-old victim was repeatedly kicked as he lay on the ground and had his turban knocked off during the attack on Christmas Day, police...
Woman found guilty of ex-boyfriend’s murder
A WOMAN who stabbed her child’s father through the heart in a jealous rage has been found guilty of murder.
Dimple Scaife, 18, of Leicester was found guilty at Leicester Crown Court of stabbing Jake MacKay through the heart...
Bhutto political heir pleads for privacy
THE SON of assassinated Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has made a plea for privacy as he returned to Britain for his studies.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressed a press conference in central London where he pleaded for the world’s...
Inquest begins into death of teenager
THE FATHER of a 17-year-old found dead in Cumbria admitted he was surprised when she went missing from home, an inquest has heard.
Shafilea Ahmed disappeared from her home in Warrington in September 2003.
Her badly decomposed body was...
Family did nothing as bride beaten to death
THE FAMILY of a man jailed for life a year ago for the brutal death of his wife, stood by and did nothing to help the young victim, a court has heard.
Sabia Rani was found dead in the...
