Data collected from police forces across England and Wales shows that there has been a reduction in the use of police custody as a place of safety for people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983.

A legal ruling this week has implications for crimes and discrimination against Gypsies, Roma and Travellers.

Every year since 2004, different organisations have come together on 17 May to stand against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia. The date is significant as it marks the anniversary of the World Health Organisation’s decision in May 1990 to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. In the UK, this change was made seventeen years earlier in 1973.