The UK's Crown Prosecution Service has said it is "considering options" in the case of a man who was spared jail after he admitted beating his wife.

Singer and broadcaster Jamelia has said the mental scars of domestic abuse will be with her forever, as she tried to persuade women in similar situations to seek help.

ZOO magazine issued an unreserved apology yesterday after a heartbroken man was advised in celebrity agony uncle Danny Dyer’s column to cut his ex-girlfriend’s face.

R’n’B star Chris Brown’s plea deal – which saved him from a jail term for attacking his pop star ex-girlfriend Rihanna – was today condemned as a “joke” by justice campaigners.