Reporting of details from previous court proceedings concerning Sara Sharif and her family comes after efforts by several media organisations and journalists to be allowed to see and publish information
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The law must change so children who are suspected victims of abuse cannot be home educated, the Children’s Commissioner said as she called for urgent action following Sara Sharif’s brutal
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Concerns were raised about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth in 2013, with her parents known to social services as early as 2010, it can now be
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The rates of women dying during or shortly after pregnancy, and babies dying within 28 days of being born, have increased for the first time in a decade, according to
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A rioter who helped fuel a fire outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years – the joint highest sentence passed down so far for the
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Some young people receiving mental health care in hospital are being moved to settings like bed and breakfast hostels and caravans on holiday sites when they turn 18, an investigation
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More than 480 children in England died or were seriously harmed by abuse or neglect, a new report has revealed, a day after 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were
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Outstanding Carer’s Allowance overpayment debt has risen to more than £250 million, up by £100 million on six years ago, according to a new report. The public spending watchdog said
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Ministers have been accused of either “ignoring or not caring” about serious needs within the adult social care sector despite a risk of “widespread failure” among providers. A stark analysis
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Three members of Sara Sharif’s family are facing jail over the 10-year-old’s death amid urgent calls to protect other children “failed” by the system. Her father, Urfan Sharif, 42, and
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