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When home-schooling is used to hide abuse

Sara Sharif was withdrawn from school and home-educated in the months before her death. Experts say we urgently need a register of children taught this way

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Author: Florence Wilkinson

Sara Sharif: ‘Madness’ to allow home schooling when abuse suspected

The children’s commissioner says a child should not be home-educated if concerns have been raised.

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Author: @BBCNews

Parents who buried son, 3, in garden after ‘breathtaking cruelty’ back in court

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah denied Abiyah Yasharahyalah adequate food in awful neglect described at Coventry Crown Court as “breathtaking arrogance and cruelty”

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Author: Bradley Jolly

Huge polar vortex on its way to the UK bringing with it 22cm of snow — here’s when it will hit

Weather charts have revealed an unforgiving polar vortex is on its way to the UK and will hit before Christmas bringing with it a mammoth amount of snow in some places of the country

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Author: Jamie Shapiro

NHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report

Experts from Imperial College London cite ‘alarming declines’ in 12 key metrics of patient safety

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Author: Denis Campbell

Angela Rayner forces councils to surrender green belt with new housing targets

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has promised to build 1.5 million new homes over five years to fix the housing crisis

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Author: Kate Devlin

Sara Sharif murder: Children at risk of abuse ‘must not be home educated’

Sara’s father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool were found guilty of murder while her uncle Faisal Malik was guilty of allowing the death.

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Author: Emily Pennink

Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif was accused of abuse before she was born

The father of the murdered Surrey schoolgirl had signed agreements not to use physical chastisement on his children

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Author: David Brown | Ali Mitib

Sara Sharif’s mother says ‘monster’ Urfan Sharif should ‘die in jail’

Olga Domin has said the abuse inflicted upon the schoolgirl by Urfan Sharif was ‘not human’

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Author: Holly Evans

‘She died because of me’ – five words that changed the Sara Sharif trial

A dramatic admission by Sara’s father left jurors open-mouthed and a courtroom shocked.

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Author: @BBCNews

Horny tractors are back at parliament in farmers’ protest

Against the backdrop of a loud demonstration about inheritance tax plans, the Keir and Kemi show is starting to take shape

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Author: Tom Peck

Father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found guilty of her murder

Urfan Sharif, 43 and Beinash Batool, 30 were convicted along with Urfan’s brother, Faisal Malik, 29, who was found guilty of causing or allowing her death

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Inside Sara Sharif’s life of violence and torture as father and stepmother found guilty of murder

Inside Sara Sharif’s life of violence and torture as her father and stepmother are found guilty of murder.

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Author: LBC

How did our prisons get so crowded and can the cell blockage be solved?

Some 4,500 more prison spaces are needed every single year to keep up with demand but locking people up cannot be the be-all and end-all of dealing with offenders, writes Sean O’Grady

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Author: Sean O’Grady

U.K. Bans Puberty Blockers for Teens Indefinitely

A freeze placed this year on their use to treat gender dysphoria will remain in place for young people under 18, except in clinical trials, Britain’s government said.

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Author: Stephen Castle