Category: Rape and sexual assault

Starmer refuses to back Justin Welby after clamor for archbishop to resign

Prime minister says victims of serial abuser John Smyth ‘failed very, very badly’Keir Starmer has refused to back the archbishop of Canterbury, who has faced growing demands to resign over his handling of an abuse...

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Mohamed Al Fayed’s victims call for Harrods boycott

More than 400 alleged victims of ex-Harrods owner have come forward, lawyers for survivors’ group sayFormer Harrods staff who were sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed have called for a boycott of the luxury store as it was...

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Harrods chief steps back from Royal Ballet role over Fayed abuse allegations

Michael Ward says Harrods failed its staff as Fayed ‘presided over a toxic culture’, describing it as ‘shameful period’The managing director of Harrods has apologised and stepped back from a role with the...

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Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereYvette Cooper, the home secretary, has accused the Tory leadership candidates of lining up with Reform UK to undermine faith in the police.She criticised them for...

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Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail

Exclusive: Activist claims she was threatened with release of the footage in order to silence her, amid multiple reports of sexual violence inflicted upon imprisoned Afghan womenThe Guardian has seen video evidence of a female...

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