The term "honour killing" should be banned because "political correctness" is putting police off investigating domestic violence, a Conservative MP has said. Nusrat Ghani warned that police officers can be wary of intervening fully in so-called honour cases for fear of offending the community.

A woman who was left permanently blind in one eye by her violent fiance has criticised the Crown Prosecution Service after her case was initially dropped despite “overwhelming evidence” of the cause of her injuries.