内容摘要：The Saltney surgery, which is part of the Stables Medical Practice in Hawarden, has been asked to respond.

The Saltney surgery, which is part of the Stables Medical Practice in Hawarden, has been asked to respond.

Brown - who was prime minister in 2008 - has called the allegations "a complete fabrication" and the Home Office says there "has never been any truth" to them.Social media posts referencing a memo and using either the phrase "informed choice" or a variation like "lifestyle choice" have circulated for several years with some gaining traction.

But that intensified dramatically since the start of the year, with posts repeating the claim generating tens of millions of views in the past week after Mr Musk amplified several of them on his social media platform, X.In one post, which has received over 25 million views, Mr Musk alleged that "Gordon Brown sold those little girls for votes" while reposting another user, June Slater, using words that were apparently a variation of the memo claim.The original unfounded claim about a Home Office circular to police seems to stem from an interview Nazir Afzal - the former Crown Prosecution Service chief prosecutor for north-west England - gave to the BBC on 19 October 2018. He now admits that he had not seen any such circular himself, despite apparently stating its existence as fact.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme, he told presenter Carolyn Quinn at the time:"You may not know this, but back in 2008 the Home Office sent a circular to all police forces in the country saying 'as far as these young girls who are being exploited in their towns and cities we believe they have made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour and therefore it's not for you police officers to get involved in".

Although the programme

, a version has been uploaded to YouTube. BBC Verify has also accessed the programme through the BBC's in-house archives to confirm the audio is genuine."Domestic abuse has been kind of secretive," she added.

"Having something like a store on the side of the road right in the middle of Trowbridge, this is incredible."What we find is no-one looks at the mirror and thinks: 'I'm the victim of domestic abuse'.

"The more we build awareness, and family and colleagues are aware of the symptoms, we can all recognise them in each other."Ms Marshall added that the sanctuary was a big part of the new setup.