Joely Santa Cruz

2 weeks ago | mkfm.com | Daniel Dunford |Freya Gibson |Joely Santa Cruz |Adam Parker

Two 14-year-old boys were arrested and charged after the incident, and police in Northern Ireland said the pair used a Romanian interpreter to plead not guilty in court. After that, calls for "peaceful protest" from the victim's father were amplified online. Those protests took on an anti-immigration angle and erupted into riots and clashes with police.

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Joely Santa Cruz

*Sarah thought she was going to a job interview to become a waitress. Warning: This story includes graphic descriptions of sexual exploitation and abuse, including rapeInstead, she was lured to a strange man's flat and held against her will for six months. "One of the very first things he did was ask for me to hand over my passport to check that I had the right to work," she says.

3 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Joely Santa Cruz |Ashna Hurynag

Around 70% of non-fatal strangulation cases in the last year have been dropped due to evidential issues, exclusive data shared with Sky News shows. It is now three years since it became a standalone offence in England and Wales, in a landmark piece of legislation designed to protect domestic abuse victims. Data from the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) shows that police are implementing the offence widely - but outcomes for victims are mixed.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Joely Santa Cruz

The number of appointments for patients waiting for NHS treatments in England increased by nearly 19,000, to 7.42 million in March up from 7.4 million in February. While the increase has not undone all recent progress, the path to reducing the waiting list has been slow and any gains are fragile, as today's figures show. The waiting list had been showing gradual but steady decreases since last September but has now increased for the first time since then.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Joely Santa Cruz

The government is planning a range of measures designed to restrict immigration to the UK, which will likely further reduce net migration - but without further details the impact is unclear. Among the measures in the white paper are changes to the types and numbers of work visas issued to foreign workers - including scrapping social care visas altogether.