The government has rejected calls for a legal definition of honour-based abuse. The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) recommended the definition in its report into honour-based abuse in July. On ...

Recent statistics released as part of the announcement on Tuesday revealed that 2,755 honour-based abuse-related offences were recorded by the police in England and Wales last year.

The measures to crack down on so-called 'honour-based' crimes, follow the murder of pregnant Fawziyah Javed by her abusive husband. Fawziyah's mother told ITV News North of England Correspondent ...