Experts in domestic violence will be embedded in 999 control rooms across the West Midlands as part of a pioneering new ...

West Midlands Police said independent domestic abuse specialists from Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid and Coventry Haven Women’s Aid are set to work across the 999 control rooms, offering expert ...

Research exposes the impact of domestic violence in Black communities, with Black women facing six times higher risk of fatal ...

West Midlands Police have introduced a new scheme to help domestic abuse victims. The scheme called Raneem's Law comes after ...

A new law in honour of a woman murdered by her ex-partner in the West Midlands will see domestic abuse specialists put in police control rooms.

Domestic abuse specialists will be embedded into the 999 control rooms of five police forces with the aim of providing better ...

Northumbria Police is one force which will be pioneering Raneem's Law which will see domestic abuse specialists rolled out in control rooms.

Known as Raneem’s Law, it will be trialled across five forces to improve the police response to victims of domestic abuse. The specialists will advise on risk assessments, make referrals to specialist ...

Police and victim services workers are using well-known assessments to try to identify families or couples who are struggling ...

Raneem Oudeh, 22, and her mother Khaola Saleem, 49, were stabbed to death by Ms Oudeh’s ex-partner Janbaz Tarin, then 21, in ...