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Jess Phillips Labour MP For Birmingham Yardley

Jess Phillips: It's my moral mission to protect women and girls

Opinion November 25, 2025 By Jess Phillips

Undated handout photo issued by Hertfordshire Police of serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick who has pleaded guilty to 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, against 12 women between 2003 and 2020. Issue date: Monday January 16, 2023. PA Photo. He pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to four counts of rape, false imprisonment, and indecent assault, relating to a 40-year-old woman in 2003. In December at the Old Bailey, Carrick, who had served in the Army before joining the Met in 2001, admitted 43 charges against 11 other women, including 20 counts of rape, between March 2004 and September 2020. See PA story COURTS Carrick. Photo credit should read: Metropolitan Police/PA WireRETRANSMITING WITH BETTER QUALITYNOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Ex Met Police officer David Carrick jailed for life after raping woman and molesting girl

UK November 20, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Dated: 12/11/2025 FILE PICTURES Pictured is officer Neville Husband who was described by Ombudsman Adrian Usher ?as possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history?. Widespread failings at Medomsley Detention Centre resulted in more than a quarter of a century of physical and sexual abuse being allowed to carry on unhindered, with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman today publishing a harrowing 202-page report detailing how the endemic abuse was allowed to continue from 1961 to 1987 when it closed its gates. Investigations by Durham Constabulary identified more than 2,000 trainees at Medomsley Detention Centre suffered abuse at the hands of depraved staff.

Full scale of Britain's 'worst sex offender' who raped hundreds of boys unmasked

UK November 12, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Winnie M Li smiling in front of a mountainous landscape

I rediscovered the joy of the outdoors after my rape

Travel November 14, 2025 By Winnie M Li

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 5: A general view of The National Crime Agency building on August 5, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

Grooming gang investigations were dropped over 'human error'

UK November 5, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

An Attractive Adult Black Female Waiting For A Train At The Underground Station In London

Over 11,000 people want women-only Tube carriages — but are they just a 'gimmick'?

Lifestyle October 27, 2025 By Charlie Sawyer

Teen rapist who filmed himself strangling victims unconscious avoids prison

US October 26, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

Katie Price at the "The Psychopath Life Coach" documentary premiere

I was in the audience when Katie Price accused a male celebrity of rape

Entertainment October 16, 2025 By Anonymous

GP3 Series - Round 7..Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy..Saturday 1 September 2018..Joey Mawson (AUS, Arden International) (Photo by Zak Mauger/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images)

Joey Mawson named as driver accused of 'raping' Michael Schumacher nurse

World October 16, 2025 By Barney Davis

MONZA, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 01: Michael Schumacher of Germany and Ferrari smiles after the Vodafone Race on Piazza Duomo in Milan during the preview to the Italian F1 Grand Prix on September 1, 2005 in Monza, Italy. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Racing driver 'raped' one of Michael Schumacher's nurses in family home

World October 15, 2025 By Barney Davis

Outcry Witness website beside a black and white image of a woman. (This Is Not Right campaign) Picture: getty/ metro

Anonymous website gives sex assault victims a place to safely 'tell their story'

Tech October 11, 2025 By Jen Mills

Prisoner in orange jumpsuit sitting in prison visiting room

What I learned from working with some of society’s most dangerous sex offenders

US October 7, 2025 By Sarah Ingram

A wide shot of a woman sitting alone on a bed, gazing out of a bright window in a quiet, sparsely furnished room. Dressed in a blue shirt, she appears reflective, evoking themes of solitude, aging, and the emotional challenges of growing older. Videos are available similar to this scenario.

My family are all alive - but I'm still an orphan

Families 3 days ago By Anonymous

Woman attacked in ?serious sexual assault? in woods in broad daylight horror Grace Dieu Woods ? also known as Thringstone Woods, near Coalville Credit: Google

Manhunt after woman attacked in 'serious sexual assault' in woods

UK October 4, 2025 By Ryan Prosser

Ryan Lanji: Hepatitis C

I had to overcome shame as well as sickness after my diagnosis

Health October 27, 2025 By Ryan Lanji

Undated handout photo issued by Greater Manchester Police of Mohammed Zahid, one of seven Asian men who have been convicted at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale.

Rochdale Grooming Gang ringleader dubbed 'bossman' jailed for 35 years

UK October 1, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

Rapist forced girlfriends to have sex with other men against their will

UK September 30, 2025 By Barney Davis

A compilation image of Mia Goth as Pearl in Pearl, Florence Pugh as Dani in Midsommar, Sissy Spacek as Carrie in Carrie, and Carey Mulligan as Cassandra in Promising Young Woman

Rape survivors are living vicariously through 'Good for Her' films

Film September 29, 2025 By Rebecca Sayce

A sexual assault survivor suspects his younger brother may be his son and wants a judge to order a test to determine paternity. ???I???m speaking out because there are people suffering in silence right now and if I was going to suffer to the extent that you???re aware of, I didn???t want to do it silently anymore,??? Logan Gifford, 26, said. In 2015, Logan Gifford, who was 16 at the time, came forward to report sexual assault allegations involving his mother, Doreene Gifford, records said. Nearly half of all men will report experiencing some form of sexual harassment or sexual assault in their lifetimes, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Man 'raped' by own mum believes brother is his son

US September 29, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Rapist who recklessly spread HIV may have hundreds more victims, police fear

UK September 20, 2025 By Ryan Prosser