FGM 'being performed on UK babies'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47076043
EXCERPT: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was "almost impossible to detect" as the girls were not in school or old enough to report it. [...] Dr Proudman said there was "a lot of anecdotal data which shows FGM is now being performed on babies. "These girls are not at school, they are not at nursery, and so it's very difficult for any public authority to become aware," she added. "By performing it at such a young age, they're evading the law."
[...] It is claimed children's services can be unsure when to intervene. Doctors are not always reporting it to the police - and even if they do, officers do not always know what to do. "People are concerned about cultural sensitivities, worried about being branded racist, and it's being performed on a very private area," Dr Proudman said, explaining why it has taken many years for the first UK conviction to arrive.
[...] In France, all children undergo regular genital checks until the age of six and doctors are expected to report any cases of physical abuse. "In [the UK] system you need the victim to come and complain, but how can you expect a child to complain against her parents?," she asked.
MORE: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47076043
Quexit? Britain has a Brexit emergency evacuation plan for the queen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/201...lan-queen/
EXCERPT: Queen Elizabeth II and members of the British royal family are to be secreted away to an undisclosed location outside London if a no-deal Brexit scenario incites riots, British media reported Sunday. With Britain’s scheduled exit from the European Union slated for March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May is running out of time, lawmakers can’t stop squabbling, and Brits are stockpiling items as varied as bicycle parts and bottles of wine.
Indeed, uncertainty is rife, but, thanks to plans dating to the Cold War, the queen, at least, will be saved. “These emergency evacuation plans have been in existence since the Cold War but have now been repurposed in the event of civil disorder following a no-deal Brexit,” a source from the British Cabinet Office told the Sunday Times, which chose not to reveal any additional details about the location...
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Will post-Brexit chaos drive the Queen out of London?
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/e...50von.html
EXCERPT: Is the British government planning to discreetly evacuate the Queen from London in the case of post-Brexit riots? The story, which ran in two weekend UK newspapers, was denied by Downing Street on Monday – a spokesman said it was “simply not true”. But with less than two months to Brexit, and the European Union still stonewalling British attempts to renegotiate its exit, the perils of a "no-deal" Brexit are making news every day...
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47076043
EXCERPT: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is increasingly being performed on babies and infants in the UK, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. FGM expert and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman said it was "almost impossible to detect" as the girls were not in school or old enough to report it. [...] Dr Proudman said there was "a lot of anecdotal data which shows FGM is now being performed on babies. "These girls are not at school, they are not at nursery, and so it's very difficult for any public authority to become aware," she added. "By performing it at such a young age, they're evading the law."
[...] It is claimed children's services can be unsure when to intervene. Doctors are not always reporting it to the police - and even if they do, officers do not always know what to do. "People are concerned about cultural sensitivities, worried about being branded racist, and it's being performed on a very private area," Dr Proudman said, explaining why it has taken many years for the first UK conviction to arrive.
[...] In France, all children undergo regular genital checks until the age of six and doctors are expected to report any cases of physical abuse. "In [the UK] system you need the victim to come and complain, but how can you expect a child to complain against her parents?," she asked.
MORE: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47076043
Quexit? Britain has a Brexit emergency evacuation plan for the queen.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/201...lan-queen/
EXCERPT: Queen Elizabeth II and members of the British royal family are to be secreted away to an undisclosed location outside London if a no-deal Brexit scenario incites riots, British media reported Sunday. With Britain’s scheduled exit from the European Union slated for March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May is running out of time, lawmakers can’t stop squabbling, and Brits are stockpiling items as varied as bicycle parts and bottles of wine.
Indeed, uncertainty is rife, but, thanks to plans dating to the Cold War, the queen, at least, will be saved. “These emergency evacuation plans have been in existence since the Cold War but have now been repurposed in the event of civil disorder following a no-deal Brexit,” a source from the British Cabinet Office told the Sunday Times, which chose not to reveal any additional details about the location...
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Will post-Brexit chaos drive the Queen out of London?
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/e...50von.html
EXCERPT: Is the British government planning to discreetly evacuate the Queen from London in the case of post-Brexit riots? The story, which ran in two weekend UK newspapers, was denied by Downing Street on Monday – a spokesman said it was “simply not true”. But with less than two months to Brexit, and the European Union still stonewalling British attempts to renegotiate its exit, the perils of a "no-deal" Brexit are making news every day...
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