内容摘要：Boniface Mwangi said he had decided to speak despite the "shame and guilt of being sodomised with all manner of things".

Boniface Mwangi said he had decided to speak despite the "shame and guilt of being sodomised with all manner of things".

However, that changed in May when intimidation points were removed from social housing applications.Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said it was to "level the playing field for victims of violence".

Figures from October 2023 to March 2024 show that 607 people presented as homeless due to the treat of domestic violence compared to 101 for intimidation.Grainia Long, chief executive of the Housing Executive, said balancing the system is "a long-term project".She said the removal of intimidation points was recommended to the department by the Housing Executive and that it is now putting in place a system that "ensures that the points that are allocated better reflect the nature of the violence and the scale of the violence".

She added: "I think the public understand the profound effect that domestic violence has on women."It's really important we talk about these things and build public awareness."

Diane Abbott MP has voiced her support for pro-Palestinian campaigners facing disciplinary action after a protest at the University of Oxford.

More than a dozen Oxford Action for Palestine (OA4P) protesters were arrested after the groupTrump claimed that he was able to secure deals totalling more than $2tn (£1.5tn) for the US, but do the numbers add up?

The trip itself was an extravaganza, with the three Gulf states pulling out all the stops.Escorts of fighter jets, extravagant welcoming ceremonies, a thundering 21-gun salute, a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks, royal camels, Arabian horses, and sword dancers were all part of the pageantry.

The UAE also awarded Mr Trump the country's highest civilian honour, the Order of Zayed.The visit's optics were striking; the region's richest petrostates flaunted their opulence, revealing just how much of that fortune they were ready to deploy to strengthen ties with the US while advancing their own economic goals.