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JUST a fraction of rape investigations resulted in someone being charged last year, new figures reveal. It comes as the Government launches a new strategy aimed at tackling violence against women and girls, which includes a focus on prevention and improving the criminal justice response to offences that disproportionately affect women, such as rape and harassment. A consultation into the plan was reopened following the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard in London earlier this year, which reignited a national debate around women s safety. The new VAWG strategy is published against a backdrop of poor conviction rates for rape nationally, despite the number of reported incidents on the rise.
Armed police officers called out to 185 incidents in Lancashire
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Just a fraction of rape investigations in Lancashire end with charge, according to new figures
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DOZENS of children in Lancashire have been authorised to use guns, new figures show. At the end of March, 43 children under the age of 18 in Lancashire were known to hold certificates granting them permission to use shotguns or firearms, according to Home Office data. They were among 11,924 people in the county permitted to use the weapons. Although there is no minimum age to hold a shotgun certificate in England and Wales, a child must be over the age of 14 to have a firearm certificate. The figures show 38 shotgun and three firearm certificates, granted by Lancashire Constabulary, are held by youngsters aged between 14 and 17 – some of whom could hold both types.
Lancashire s armed police officers called to four incidents a week, new figures show
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