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Exclusive: Reducing rate of misogynistic killings is key to halving violence against women and girls, says Jess PhillipsTackling the “scourge of femicide” in the UK will be a central part of the government’s promise to drastically reduce violence against women and girls, the minister leading the policy has said.Revealing details of one of Labour’s central missions in office for the first time, Jess Phillips said the success of the government’s target to halve violence against women and girls had to include reducing the rate at which women are killed by men. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/25/labour-will-tackle-scourge-of-femicide-to-hit-manifesto-target-says-minister-jess-phillips Author : Alexandra

Ambulance service called armed officers to an address in Redditch over concerns for the safety of a man with a knifePolice shot a man dead in Worcestershire on Christmas Eve.West Midlands Ambulance Service called armed officers to an address in Redditch at about 2pm after concerns were raised for the safety of a man with a knife. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/25/police-shoot-man-dead-in-worcestershire-on-christmas-eve Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-12-25 09:15:54 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

In a little understood quirk of nature foresters have been putting the aspen tree under duress to promote flowering On a nature reserve deep in the Scottish Highlands there is a polytunnel which houses a small forest of slender grey aspen trees. It is known as the “torture chamber”.The aspen is one of the UK’s scarcest but most valuable trees. And to produce the tiny, delicate aspen seeds being harvested by the charity Trees for Life, these 104 specimens are deliberately made to suffer. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/25/stressed-out-trees-helping-charities-restore-valuable-aspen-forests Author : Severin Carrell Scotland editor Publish date : 2024-12-25

Ras Desta Damtew’s solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethopia failed to sell on auction site this monthThe descendants of a hero of Ethiopia’s resistance against European imperialism are seeking to retrieve a gold medal taken from him by Italian troops, after the artefact’s current holder failed to sell it at an online auction earlier this month.The solid gold Imperial Order of the Star of Ethiopia used to be in the possession of Ras Desta Damtew, a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie and a guerrilla army commander whose capture and execution in 1937 spelled the end of Ethiopia’s