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Sarah Everard

The review into Met Police conduct has been published (Photo: Adobe)

Met Police institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic- report

Wayne Couzens who was sentenced to 19 months in prison on Monday at the Old Bailey for three incidents of flashing before he abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard. Picture: Metropolitan Police

Wayne Couzens sentenced to 19 months for indecent exposure incidents

Poppy Donachie is a Speak Out champion with Girlguiding Scotland

Speaking out on the unequal barriers facing girls and young women

Refuge CEO, Ruth Davison, helps place 1,071 rotten apples outside New Scotland Yard, reflecting the number of Metropolitan Police officers who have been, or are currently, under investigation for allegations of domestic abuse or violence against women and girls . Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Charity places 1,071 rotten apples outside New Scotland Yard in powerful protest

Crime writer Ian Rankin has just released his new John Rebus novel. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Ian Rankin reflects on slowing down as a writer and struggling for ideas

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC with the 'Misogyny - A Human Rights Issue' report. Photo: Robert Perry/PA Wire

'Misogyny in police and justice system must be addressed', says report members

Visitors can meet Mary King in (Her) story tours

Mary King's Close create first women's history tours

People take part in a memorial protest outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to mark the anniversary of the murder of Sarah Everard and other women killed by men (Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire).

MSPs and campaigners 'rage against the patriarchy' outside Scottish Parliament

Sarah's murder sparked national outcry

Protest to be held in Edinburgh on anniversary of Sarah Everard's murder

Sarah Everard: Met Police officer murderer Wayne Couzens seeks to appeal whole-life sentence (Met Police)

Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens seeks to appeal whole-life sentence

Glasgow City Council has unveiled plans to consider a new travel strategy after receiving a report which puts women at the heart of safer, better city parks and buses.

Glasgow council respond to feminist town planning report

Daniella Theis (Student Journalist of the Year)

We need to take women’s safety seriously - Daniella Theis

Russell Findlay MSP has called for the introduction of whole life sentences in Scotland

SNP urged to bring in whole life sentences for Scotland

Overwhelmingly, 84% of respondents preferred other modes of transport primarily citing safety and reliability concerns.

Collective publish feminist town planning report to improve Glasgow for women

Priti Patel has backed a BT helpline proposal that an emergency number be used to allow vulnerable women to have their journeys tracked and an alert triggered if they do not reach home in time.

Priti Patel backs emergency phone service to protect women as they walk home

Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab during the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Dominic Raab says misogyny is wrong even if its ‘a woman against a man’

Floral tributes at the bandstand in Clapham Common, London, for Sarah Everard.

The overwhelming problem here isn’t the police, is it? It’s men - Euan McColm

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick makes a statement to the media outside the Old Bailey in London, after police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, was handed a whole life order at the Old Bailey for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Picture: PA

It’s long past time for men to take a look at themselves - Alexander Brown

Priti Patel: Police must not treat flashing and harassment of women as ‘low level’ (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Priti Patel: Police must not treat flashing and harassment of women as ‘low leve...

Ms Everard lived in Brixton and had recently started a new job as a marketing executive (Photo: Getty Images)

Met Police tell women to wave down a bus or shout out if they don’t trust an off...

Handout CCTV dated 03/03/21 taken at 9.34pm issued by the Metropolitan Police of Wayne Couzens (right) and Sarah Everard beside a vehicle outside Poynders Court on Poynders Road, Clapham, south London.

'The onus must not be on women to keep themselves safe'

Ms Everard lived in Brixton and had recently started a new job as a marketing executive (Photo: Getty Images)

Sarah Everard’s killer faces whole life sentence for her kidnap, rape and murder

Sabina Nessa: Duchess 'saddened' at death of 'another innocent young woman on our streets'

Duchess 'saddened' at death of 'another innocent young woman on our streets'

Twelve officers are currently being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over matters relating to the case of Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens (Photo: Metropolitan Police)

Twelve officers investigated by police watchdog over Sarah Everard's killer Wayn...

Ms Everard died from a compression of the neck after she went missing on 3 March

Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

Artist's impression issued by City of Edinburgh Council of the proposed plans on George Street.

Campaigners call for Capital revamp to make women's safety a priority

"It's not about locking up your daughters, it's about educating your sons."

Opinion: Janet Christie's Mum's the Word: Violence against women is nothing new...

Women’s safety apps are becoming increasingly popular - here’s how they work (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women’s safety apps are becoming increasingly popular - here’s how they work

‘Treating a symptom, not attacking the root cause’ - women react to plans for plainclothes officers to patrol clubs and bars (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Treating a symptom, not attacking the root cause’ - women react to plans for pl...

Asda said that everyone has the right to feel safe (Photo: Shutterstock)

Asda, Tesco and M&S among shops offering safe spaces for women feeling in danger

The Met has already faced criticism for the way in which officers handled a vigil to Sarah in London (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

A Met Police officer was removed from Sarah Everard case over 'inappropriate gra...

New measures aimed at improving safety for women and girls in England are to be introduced, the Government has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

Additional street lighting, CCTV and undercover police in bars - new safety meas...

Left: Rangers fans celebrate in George Square on Sunday March 7 after Rangers win the Scottish Premiership title. Right: People turn phone torches on in Clapham Common in London on March 13 after a Reclaim These Streets vigil for Sarah Everard was officially cancelled. Picture: PA

Sturgeon: Policing of London vigil and Rangers fans 'different situations'

PM says he has full confidence in Scotland Yard chief Dick (Photo by Gareth Fuller - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson says he has full confidence in Met Police Commissioner Cressida Di...

The register would act as an 'early warning system' (Photo: Shutterstock)

A national register to monitor men who harass or are violent towards women is be...

Labour has announced it will vote against the Government’s key crime legislation, which includes plans to impose controls on protests (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour is opposing legislation plans to impose controls on protests - but will i...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he was “deeply concerned” by video footage of police officers detaining women at the vigil of Sarah Everard (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson 'deeply concerned' by footage of police at Sarah Everard vigil - w...

People were encouraged to light a candle to remember Sarah Everard on Saturday evening.

Hundreds virtually attend moving Reclaim These Streets vigil

People in the crowd turn on their phone torches as they gather in Clapham Common, London

Police under fire after clashes with women at Clapham vigil for Sarah Everard

Organisers of the Reclaim These Streets group said the doorstep vigil had been set for 9.30pm as that was the time Sarah Everard was last seen.

Doorstep vigil for murdered Sarah Everard

Why women's safety should be something men need to fix.

'We want action. Women’s safety is a men’s issue' – Hannah Brown

Police arrive at the Ibrox Stadium as fans gather to celebrate Rangers winning the Scottish Premiership title.

No guarantee that police won't disperse Reclaim the Streets vigils

This image of a message reading “text me when you get home” went viral on Instagram following Sarah Everard's disappearance (Instagram)

This is what the viral 'text me when you get home' Instagram post means

Ms Everard, 33, vanished while walking home on 3 March (Photo:

Human remains found in Kent woodland confirmed as Sarah Everard’s - latest from ...

UK Reclaim These Streets vigils in memory of Sarah Everard likely to go ahead - despite warnings from police (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK Reclaim These Streets vigils in memory of Sarah Everard likely to go ahead - ...

Met Police faces court challenge after threatening organisers of Sarah Everard v...

Scotland Yard is facing an investigation by the police watchdog regarding its handling of an allegation of indecent exposure against the officer suspected of murdering Sarah Everard (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Met Police faces watchdog probe over indecent exposure allegation against suspec...

Edinburgh is the city I learned how to keep myself safe in, writes Beth Murray.

'Men have stared, groped, catcalled and verbally abused me' - Beth Murray

Women are setting up community patrols to keep each other safe after the suspected murder of Sarah Everard (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women are setting up community patrols to keep each other safe after the suspect...

Public health expert Professor Devi Sridhar said it was “exhausting” for women forced to “constantly modify” their behaviour in public to avoid sexual harassment and violence.

Devi Sridhar: Women ‘constantly modify’ bevaviour to avoid sexual violence

The serving Metropolitan Police officer who had been detained in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard has now been arrested on suspicion of murder (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Police officer connected to Sarah Everard's disappearance arrested on suspicion ...

The man arrestedis a serving Met Police officer (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Serving police officer arrested in connection with Sarah Everard disappearance -...

Search continues for missing woman who disappeared while walking home (Photo: Met Police)

Search continues for missing woman who disappeared while walking home

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