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Information: Policing of anti-fracking protest in Lancashire 1st August 2017

Following queries regarding the policing of anti-fracking protests at the PNR Caudrilla site in Lancashire, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC, has ascertained that a sergeant and six constables were sent by the chief constable of Northumbria...

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Dame Vera calls for law change for child sex abuse victim compensation 25th July 2017

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC,  is calling for an urgent change in the law over compensation for child sex abuse victims, and describes the current decision-making process as a ‘baffling form of victim blaming’. Since...

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Dame Vera Baird welcomes Victims’ Commissioner’s annual report 20th July 2017

Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC, welcomed today’s publication of the Victims’ Commissioner, Baroness Newlove’s annual report and backs her calls for the government to introduce a new law to strengthen the rights of people affected...

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PCC Vera Baird and Northumbria Police support Day of Remembrance 2017 13th July 2017

This Friday, Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC and Northumbria Police will be supporting the annual day of remembrance, which celebrates lives lost to so-called honour killings Karma Nivarna, a UK charity that supports victims and...

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Dame Vera Baird backs national petition 6th July 2017

Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC, is backing a national petition calling on the Government to regulate all acids which could be used to attack and disfigure. Newcastle City Centre Councillor, Dipu Ahad, who is leading...

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