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    A report carried out by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that troublingly, more than half of all teenage girls in Pakistan believe that domestic violence is justified for at least one reason. Refusing sex was just one of the reasons girls aged between 15 and 19 believed a husband would be justified in beating his wife, while more than 30 per cent of girls of the same age had already experienced physical or sexual violence in Pakistan. The report, entitled ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Asia and the Pacific’, also included data from Cambodia, India, Bangladesh and Nepal which revealed similar attitudes about violence against women among teenage boys, the Express Tribune reported. Between 25 and 51 per cent said that wife beating wa...

    A man has been jailed for seven years after travelling to Syria to fight with Isis - but returning because he thought it was "too cold". Mohammed Uddin, of Wilmington Gardens, Barking, Essex, was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of preparing acts of terrorism at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday. The court heard how the 29-year-old - who called himself "Supaman" - returned because he didn't like the cold water, the "bland food" and was "doing absolutely jack (nothing)". A South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu) spokesman said that Uddin had travelled to Syria on November 4 2014, with the intention of joining Isis, otherwise known as Daesh, and engaging in combat. He then crossed the border back into Turkey on December 12 2014, but was detained by authorities in ...

    Britain could be hit by a -10C winter blast bringing more than three inches of snow this week. A sharp twist in the jet stream is about to open the floodgate to bitter Arctic winds bringing freezing fog and widespread frosts. Sleet and snow is forecast as far south as Wales and the Midlands by the weekend with wintry showers possible across the country. The chilly outlook comes as Britain reels in the aftermath of devastating Storm Imogen which struck on Monday. Thousands of homes are still without power as torrential rain and winds of up to 100mph lashed swathes of the country. Colossal 14-metre waves battered coastal regions sparking a raft of flood warnings and alerts while transport networks were thrown into chaos. Although winds have died down, Britain faces a new twi...

    The 28-year-old Sunderland winger continues to deny two charges of sexual activity with a girl aged under 16. The footballer, who has earned 12 caps for England, appeared in the dock at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday wearing a black suit and white shirt and was flanked by a female prison officer. The defendant, from Castle Eden, County Durham, had his case moved from Durham. Born in Sunderland, he began his career at Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester City and then to Sunderland for £10 million in 2012.