内容摘要：The terminology may have changed, but the principle is much the same.

The terminology may have changed, but the principle is much the same.

She said even the "strongest, most confident" person could become a victim and more needed to be done to stop young people becoming "perpetrators of abuse".The service was set up 20 years ago and was called 60 80 30 after its memorable phone number, which it has kept.

Last year, it helped 550 victims in the county and 465 in the previous year, and Ms Brown said the number had been rising steadily year on year."Making that phone call to get help is often the biggest hurdle, sometimes abuse has been going on for decades," Ms Brown said."Our poster has been on the inside of pub toilet doors for a long time, we have a solid footprint in the county.

"People know us and trust us and know they will be believed and treated non- judgementally and with sensitivity."NDAS has been awarded £425,000 over five years by the National Lottery Community Fund and Ms Brown wants to do more work in schools raising awareness.

The Northumberland Domestic Abuse Local Partnership Board estimates about 64,764 residents aged between 16 and 74 have experienced some form of domestic abuse.

The board also said that in 2023, 18% of recorded crimes in the Northumbria Police force area were classified as domestic abuse-related - a 1% increase on the previous year.A long-time party observer says: "Put three Labour people in a room and you'll have a faction."

Sir Keir's allies seem pretty confident Labour's ditched that habit of constant scrapping. But No 10 is worried enough to be inviting MPs into Downing Street to make their pitch for the changes to welfare, knowing there'll be upset from the usual suspects and hoping there won't be too much of a backlash on the soft left.It's also grappling with the massive group of MPs elected last year, with some eager backbenchers actively trying to make Sir Keir's case, unkindly branded by one source as "toadies" trying to suck up to the leadership.

So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?There has always been criticism of Sir Keir from the left-hand edge of Labour, not least because he spent the first couple of years in charge squeezing out the hard left, and even kicked out some MPs after the general election for voting against him over the cap on benefits for families with more than two children.