Offenders to clean up damage within 48 hours, wearing jumpsuits or hi-viz jackets, in government bid to claim crime as priority

Scotland’s “sexist and biased” domestic abuse services are to be overhauled amid complaints that men are unfairly stigmatised as violent perpetrators and dismis

Strangulation is the second most common method used to kill. As our campaign draws to a close, we find out what is – and isn’t – being done

The effects of head trauma on athletes are well documented. Finally, a UK study is examining the long-term brain health of females abused by their partner

To stop domestic killings of women from minorities, the authorities must learn to hear pleas for help – and act on them

Government convenes domestic violence experts after killings of six women and a young girl this month

There is little information about the women killed by men. Our census is building up a picture which can help save others

Labour says department has failed to make crimes such as rape, stalking and upskirting a priority

Redundancies, lack of funding, and a pandemic have all contributed to a huge rise in children missing from class. Now a bold new initiative aims to solve the problem

Working with a unique census, our new campaign draws attention to the women who die at the hands of men, and calls for urgent action | Observer editorial

By failing to finish off a broken leader, they are prolonging their party’s agonies with grim consequences for the country

Relatives want an official review of the killing of Laura Mortimer and Ella Dalby to spark better collaboration between police, social services and others

Union body raises idea of levy on UK’s richest 140,000 people as it calls for ‘national conversation’ on issue

Bereaved families welcome proposals to create aggravating factor for murder at the end of a relationship

As the I Am project by photographer Allie Crewe launches in Manchester, actor Sam Beckinsale and Chief Inspector Sharon Baker talk about the impact of domestic abuse on their lives

As a TV series about the Yorkshire Ripper’s victims starts, women still suffer violence and domestic abuse

The best paid have had the highest wage hikes, but the majority of the workforce has seen salary growth fall, according to ONS data

Ministers will tell chief constables how their forces should investigate domestic abuse and sex offences under plans being considered to deal with a surge in ca

Nearly a third of female NHS surgeons have been sexually assaulted by a colleague over the past five years, the largest survey of its kind has found. Sexual m

People need to take responsibility for looking after their elderly relatives and stop looking to the state to provide, the health secretary has said.Sajid Javid

People are yearning for a new educational age, says Sir Tim Brighouse in his new book with Mick Waters

‘Troublemakers’ across all sectors, not just at the BBC, should be encouraged to do what it takes to achieve justice at work

Russell Brand has been accused of a range of offences – which he vehemently denies – by several different women

Children with serious mental illnesses are being locked up in a modern bedlam

Lord Cruddas is also not correct to say Boris Johnson has never lost an election or campaign.

A stone’s throw from well-to-do King’s Cross lies a community hub bringing people together through food

While the Fifa boss pontificates to ‘all the women’ that they should ‘just push the doors’, we suggest he does his actual job, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Nearly 80 officers in 22 forces across England and Wales have faced action for inappropriate relationships, data reveals

Move follows pressure from campaigners such as Julie Devey and Carole Gould whose daughters were murdered

As a young girl at her village school in north Wales, Ann Clwyd was famous as the toughest fighter in the playground.The scraps, she recalled, were not your typ

Figures show there are two ages when we are most likely to be content with our lives. Does personal experience bear this out?

The campaign for decent pay has grown as employers realise the economic advantages

Trying to stave off the advancing years is fine for a superstar. If only we mortals had the time

Families of women who were killed by men talk about their fight to improve the way the media covers cases of fatal domestic abuse

Three murders amid an ‘explosion’ of violence prompt emergency meeting, with community-based victim support under pressure